The Talmud : A Biography /

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The life and times of an enduring work of Jewish spiritualityThe Babylonian Talmud, a postbiblical Jewish text that is part scripture and part commentary, is an unlikely bestseller. Written in a hybrid of Hebrew and Aramaic, it is often ambiguous to the point of incomprehension, and its subject matt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wimpfheimer, Barry S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Talmud.
Talmud > Histoire.
Talmud > History.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE: The Talmud-Essential, Enhanced, and Emblematic; CHAPTER 1: Gestation and Birth (Essential Talmud Part One); CHAPTER 2: Anatomy (Essential Talmud Part Two); CHAPTER 3: Election: How the Talmud's Discourse Developed (Enhanced Talmud); CHAPTER 4: Rivals, Naysayers, Imitators, and Critics (Emblematic Talmud); CHAPTER 5: Golden Old Age: Talmud in Modernity-Three Stories; NOTES; INDEX.

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