Otzar Ha-Geonim He-Hadash on Tractate Bava Metzi'a
by Robert Brody, Carmiel Cohen, and Yehuda Zvi Stampfer
In a career spanning over fifty years, the questions Jacob Neusner has asked and the critical methodologies he has developed have shaped the way scholars have come to approach the rabbinic literature as well as the diverse manifestations of Judaism from rabbinic times until the present. The essays collected here honor that legacy, illustrating an influence that is so pervasive that scholars today who engage in the critical study of Judaism and the history of religions more generally work in a la...
Gemora P'sachim Daf 2-8 - Linear Translation Assistant - Menukad
by Rabbi Naftoli Eisemann
Koren Talmud Bavli V12a: Moed Katan, Daf 2a-13b, Noeי Color Pb, H/E
by Adin Steinsaltz
Punishment and Freedom (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
by Devora Steinmetz
In Punishment and Freedom, Devora Steinmetz offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy. Steinmetz holds that the criminal and judicial procedures they describe were never designed to be applied in a real state. Rather, these texts deal with broader philosophical, theological, and ethical conceptions of the law. Through close readings of passages describing criminal procedure and punishment, Steinmetz argues that the Rabbi...
Contours of Coherence in Rabbinic Judaism (2 vols) (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, #97)
by Jacob Neusner
A three part set of monographs on the coherence of Rabbinic Judaism in its literature: Part one: In the Rabbinic literature of late antiquity disputes and alternative interpretations of a common datum form a medium of expressing coherence. Part two, system over self, asks about the role of individual sayings and traditions. The Bavli imposes on received sayings and stories its forms and topical Halakhic program. Part three: Talmudic knowledge, asks, do the types ands forms of Mishnah-exegesis an...
Steinsaltz Talmud Bavli- Hullin Part 1, Large, Hebrew
by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
This volume collects several articles by scholar Uri Zur on various areas in the field of Jewish studies. Topics discussed include different types of structure in Talmudic texts from a literary point of view, the study of the Aramaic language utilized in the Bible and the Talmud from a linguistic and interpretive perspective, the redaction of sugyot in the Talmud Bavli analyzed from a textual point of view, and matters of halakha and halakhic rules. The author also examines contemporary topics s...
Seder Kodashim (Mishnah-A New Translation with a Commentary)
by Matis Roberts