Q&A: Drashot of the Sages
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Drashot of the Sages
Question
Hi Rabbi, what would you recommend for reading that would explain the logic behind the Sages’ exegetical interpretations? (Not the Rabbi Ishmael type, but rather the Rabbi Akiva type.)
thanks
Answer
I don’t know. As for Rabbi Ishmael, you can read the second book in the Talmudic Logic series.
Discussion on Answer
With Heschel, there isn’t an analysis of the logic of the exegetical interpretations, but rather a discussion of the meta-halakhic background of the dispute between Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael.
Abraham Joshua Heschel, in his books Torah from Heaven.