| Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cohen, Abraham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805210326 ISBN-13: 9780805210323 Publisher: Schocken Books Inc OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1995 Annotation: Long regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Judaism - Talmud |
| Dewey: 296.12 |
| LCCN: 95139158 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.95 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To some readers of this book, the Talmud represents little more than a famous Jewish book. But people want to know about a book that, they are told, defines Judaism. Everyman's Talmud is the right place to begin not only to learn about Judaism in general but to meet the substance of the Talmud in particular . . . In time to come, Cohen's book will find its companion-though I do not anticipate it will ever require a successor for what it accomplishes with elegance and intelligence: a systematic theology of the Talmud's Judaism. --From the Foreword by Jacob Neusner Long regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism: the doctrine of God; God and the universe; the soul and its destiny; prophesy and revelation; physical life; moral life and social living; law, ethics, and jurisprudence; legends and folk traditions; the Messiah and the world to come. |