| Essential Papers on the Talmud Contributor(s): Chernick, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814715052 ISBN-13: 9780814715055 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: Illuminating the Talmud's history, sources, arguments, and methods, this volume adds the insights of modern Talmudic scholarship and criticism to the growing number of more traditionally oriented works. Collected here in one volume are essential essays published in the area of Talmudic study by Jacob Neusner, Robert Goldenberg, Louis Ginzberg, and others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Talmud - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings |
| Dewey: 296.125 |
| LCCN: 94-17490 |
| Series: Essential Papers on Jewish Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 5.91" W x 8.95" (1.43 lbs) 484 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 the myriad ways in which talmudic study can intersect with such diverse disciplines as economics, history, ethics, law, literary criticism, and philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chernick, Michael: - Michael Chernick is Deutch Professor of Jewish Jurisprudence and Social Justice, Hebrew Union College -- Jewish Institute of Religion. |