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The Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud, Volume 3 the Literature of the Sages: First Part: Oral Tora, Ha
Contributor(s): Safrai, Shmuel (Editor)
ISBN: 9023222822     ISBN-13: 9789023222828
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE:   $145.35  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 1987
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - General
- Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings
Dewey: 296.1
Series: Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum Ad Novum Testamentum
Physical Information: 492 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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The literary creation of the ancient Jewish teachers or Sages--also called rabbinic literature--consists of the teachings of thousands of Sages, many of them anonymous. For a long period, their teachings existed orally, which implied a great deal of flexibility in arrangement and form. Only gradually, as parts of the amorphous oral tradition became fixed, was the literature written down, a process that began in the third century CE and continued into the Middle Ages. Thus the documents of the rabbinic literature are the result of a remarkably long and complex process of creation and editing.
This volume gives a careful and succinct analysis both of the content and specific nature of the various documents, and of their textual and literary forms, paying special attention to the continuing discovery and publication of new textual material. The contributors are all engaged in academic teaching and research in Israel. Incorporating ground-breaking developments in research, their essays give a comprehensive presentation published here for the first time.