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The Aggada of the Bavli and its cultural world /

"The Babylonian Talmud, the great compilation of Jewish law edited in the seventh century CE, also contains a great deal of aggada, that is, non-legal material, including interpretations of the Bible, stories, folk sayings and prayers. The Talmud's aggadic traditions contain echoes of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Herman, Geoffrey (Editor ), Rubenstein, Jeffrey L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, [2018]
Colección:Brown Judaic Studies ; Number 362
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The Babylonian Talmud, the great compilation of Jewish law edited in the seventh century CE, also contains a great deal of aggada, that is, non-legal material, including interpretations of the Bible, stories, folk sayings and prayers. The Talmud's aggadic traditions contain echoes of the conversations with the surrounding cultures of the Persians, other Iranian peoples, Eastern Christians, Manichaeans, Mandaeans, and the ancient Babylonians. The essays in this volume analyze Bavli aggada to reveal this rich engagement of the Talmud and its cultural world"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781946527103
1946527106