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Understanding the Talmud
Edward S. Boraz
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Description for Understanding the Talmud
Hardback. Presents an introduction to the Talmud. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
In Understanding the Talmud: A Modern Reader's Guide for Study, Rabbi Edward S. Boraz presents a thoughtful introduction to the Talmud designed for study by the untrained reader. Using a unique approach, Rabbi Boraz focuses on a specific selection from one tractate of the Talmud, allowing readers to uncover the moral and theological concerns of the text. The portion he has selected comes from the tractate Bava Metziah and deals with the conditions under which an oath may be administered in a civil lawsuit. On the surface this issue appears mundane and far removed from the domain of holiness. However, ... Read more
In Understanding the Talmud: A Modern Reader's Guide for Study, Rabbi Edward S. Boraz presents a thoughtful introduction to the Talmud designed for study by the untrained reader. Using a unique approach, Rabbi Boraz focuses on a specific selection from one tractate of the Talmud, allowing readers to uncover the moral and theological concerns of the text. The portion he has selected comes from the tractate Bava Metziah and deals with the conditions under which an oath may be administered in a civil lawsuit. On the surface this issue appears mundane and far removed from the domain of holiness. However, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9781568216164
SKU
V9781568216164
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Ref
99-15
About Edward S. Boraz
Edward S. Boraz is the rabbi of Congregation Bnai Tzedek and cofounder of its Creative School of Jewish Learning. He received a Juris Doctor from Loyola University and practiced law for ten years. Awarded a Wexner Fellowship, he was ordained at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in 1993. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate at the college-institute in the ... Read more
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