With the publication of "Yerushalmi Pesahim" the University of Chicago Press completes a landmark edition of the Palestinian Talmud, "The Talmud of the Land of Israel: A Preliminary Translation and Explanation". Edited by the acclaimed scholar Jacob Neusner, this thirty-five volume translation has been hailed by the "Jewish Spectator" as a "project...of immense benefit to students of rabbinic Judaism.""Yerushalmi Pesahim" details the specific requirements regarding the preparation for Passover, the Passover sacrifice, and the Seder. Commenting on the many, often contradictory, prescriptions in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, this tractate is an important part of a long tradition of interpretation regarding Passover.
- ISBN10 0226576604
- ISBN13 9780226576602
- Publish Date 1 December 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 440
- Language English