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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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Halivni's discussion in The Book and the Sword may be helpful here: Perhaps an example, technical though it may be, may help to illustrate the differences between the three major approaches to the study of Talmud - the standard traditional method, the pilpulistic method, and the critical method - and will also clarify the significance of my own move to critical scholarship.
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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