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Pilpul

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Pil´pul
n.1.Among the Jews, penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study.
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Leo Rosten defines pilpul with uncanny pertinence: "An inflated form of analysis and debate used in Talmudic study: i.
Communications by Sinclair, Clive / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
To this day, we still have not recovered from the influence of this Pilpul.
Changing the Halakha by Brandwein, Irvin / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
A pilpulistic manner (and there are many) of defending the Talmud's explanation of the mishnah's wording - if the pilpul came from a source close to the conceptual thinking popular in Lithuanian yeshivot - would probably center on drawing a distinction between "acquiring" and "betrothing.
From Peshat to Derash and back again: Talmud for the modern religious ... by Ochs, Peter / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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