TY - BOOK AU - Hashkes,Hannah E. TI - Rabbinic discourse as a system of knowledge: the study of Torah is equal to them all T2 - Philosophy of religion. World religions SN - 978-90-04-29047-1 U1 - 181.06 23A PY - 2015/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - Jewish philosophy / 21st century N1 - Bibliogr. p. 261-271 N2 - "Describing rabbinic reasoning as a rational response to experience. Hashkes combines insights from the analytic philosophy of Wittgenstein, Quine, and Davidson with the semiotics of Peirce to construe knowledge as systematic reasoning occurring within a community of inquiry. Her reading of the works of Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Marion allows her to create a philosophical bridge between a discourse of God and a discourse of reason. This synthesis of analytic philosophy and pragmatism, hermeneutics and theology provides Hashkes with a sophisticated tool to understand Rabbinic Judaism. It also makes this study both unique and path breaking in contemporary Jewish philosophy and Rabbinic thought"-- ER -