Yochanan's gamble: Judaism's pragmatic approach to life

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society (2024)
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Yochanan's Gamble investigates how the talmudic rabbis navigate their own ethical challenges - determining truth, upholding compromise, convincing others, keeping the peace, weighing sinning in hopes of promoting greater good - thereby forging a pragmatic Jewish path for resolving moral conundrums today.

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BM652.K38 2024

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