The University and the Talmud; [Il Talmud e l'Università]
Hacohen M.H.
2020
Annali di Storia delle Universita Italiane
0
10.17396/97218
The Talmud has only entered the sphere of the university in recent decades. While the struggle over biblical interpretation shaped Christian-Jewish relations for two millennia, Christian culture was hostile to the Talmud from its «discovery» in the High Middle Ages, and antisemites made the Talmudjude a major emblem. Modern liberal Jews, bent on emancipation, likewise sought to define the Jews as the biblical people. In recent decades, however, academic scholarship has reexplored the Talmud as a source of critical rationalism, modern legal concepts, and recognition of religious hybridity, making the Talmud a fountainhead of postmodern culture. The essay will place this surprising turn within the long-term history of the university and of Christian-Jewish relations. It will suggest that this historical anomaly represents an opportunity to use the Talmud to renovate liberal education, besieged by corporate technocratic culture. © 2020 Societa Editrice il Mulino. All rights reserved.
Christian Hebraism; Christian-Jewish relations; Jewish Emancipation; Talmud; University
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