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- Title: Cities of the Sea: In Search of [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN Ascii] (Essay)
- Author : Hebrew Studies Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 197 KB
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A handful of rabbinic texts make reference to a mysterious location known as "the cities of the sea" ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]). Rabbinic authors look toward this locale for three reasons: (1) to discuss tales of sin (and sometimes salvation); (2) to offer definitions and clarifications of obscure words; and (3) to explain halakic exceptions. Since, to my knowledge, no author has discussed the function of "the cities of the sea" as a rabbinic trope, in this essay I attempt to inscribe this mythic location on the map of rabbinic scholarship. I argue that the cities of the sea should be understood as a locus of rabbinic pedagogy, and not necessarily viewed as an actual, mappable location. 1. SIN