| The Treasury of Judaism: A New Collection and Translation of Essential Texts Contributor(s): Neusner, Jacob (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761840478 ISBN-13: 9780761840473 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $68.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings |
| Dewey: 296.120 |
| LCCN: 2008924053 |
| Series: Studies in Judaism |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. Focusing on the seminal period of normative Judaism, the editor Jacob Neusner presents in three parts the teachings of Rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, the first six centuries of the Common Era. The topical abstracts, which deal with the sacred calendar (volume one), events in the life cycle (volume two), and theological expositions (volume three), are presented in documentary sequence, from the Mishnah, ca. 200, through the Bavil or Talmud of Babylonia, ca. 600. This is the story told in abundant selections of Rabbinic classics of the age, the first centuries C.E., in which the two Talmuds and Midrash came to closure. |