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Essential Papers on the Talmud

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Description for Essential Papers on the Talmud Paperback. A collection of teachings and traditions that contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people's life from the Hellenistic period in Palestine (c. 315 BCE) until the end of the Sassanian era in Babylonia (615 CE). Editor(s): Chernick, Michael. Series: Essential Papers on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 484 pages, 62 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.

No work has informed Jewish life and history more than the Talmud. This unique and vast collection of teachings and traditions contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people’s life from the Hellenistic period in Palestine (c. 315 B.C.E.) until the end of the Sassanian era in Babylonia (615 C.E.). This volume adds the insights of modern talmudic scholarship and criticism to the growing number of more traditionally oriented works that seek to open the talmudic heritage and tradition to contemporary readers. These central essays provide a taste of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
Series
Essential Papers on Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
484
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814715055
SKU
V9780814715055
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Michael . Ed(S): Chernick
Michael Chernick is Deutch Professor of Jewish Jurisprudence and Social Justice, Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion.

Reviews for Essential Papers on the Talmud
"For the general reader, and the ever-burgeoning number of students in Jewish studies programs, the Essential Papers series brings together a wealth of core secondary material, while the commentaries offered by the editors aim to place this material in critical comparative context."
Jewish Journal of Sociology

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