Richard Hidary: 1 book
Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric
Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Training in rhetoric - the art of persuasion - formed the basis of education in the Roman Empire. The classical intellectual world centered around the debate between philosophers, who boasted knowledge of objective reality, and sophists, who could debate both sides of any issue and who attracted large...
