A groundbreaking work, this book brings together philosophy
of science and language, conceptual dynamics and the Babylonian Talmud. The
work asks: what philosophy of natural language lies at the basis of the
Halakhic dynamic in the Amoraic discourse of the Talmud? Calling upon two
post-Wittgenstein philosophies, the book undertakes a search for a
philosophical account of the discursive culture that appears in the Talmud. It
unearths the normative infrastructure that lies at its core. Thus, this study
articulates what can be termed the Talmudic philosophy of language. On the
other hand, it reveals the limits and weaknesses of central philosophical
frameworks in coping with a profound traditional discourse like the Talmud, in
which the past has a deep and integral role in the present, while at the same
time, the present has its own natural and creative dynamic.