In the Path of Our Fathers
by Menachem M Schneerson and Menahem Mendel Schneersohn, Bat
The Mishnah is the crown jewel of Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age, so says the distinguished author of this book. Initiated in the aftermath of the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, and developed and amplified over the next five centuries, the Mishnah is the product of an age of calamity giving birth to a renewed search for recovery. As such, it speaks to every age, but to none more particularly and clearly than to our own which has witnessed the destruction wrought by the Shoah and the retu...
Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (Brill Reference Library of Judaism, #27)
by Simcha Fishbane
Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature deals with the status of those groups and individuals who, for various reasons, appear to have no place in mainstream Rabbinic Jewish society, or may be perceived by that society as posing a threat to its norms and to its very existence. The book examines the thoughts and attitudes of the Rabbis set forth in various sections of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud. Deviant groups studied include witches, prostitutes, Gentiles, bastards, Nazirites, soldiers, Kutit...
Golden Doves with Silver Dots (Studies in the History of Judaism) (Jewish Literature & Culture)
by Jose Faur
Sages, Stories, Authors, and Editors in Rabbinic Babylonia (American Academy of Religion Cultural Criticism, #300)
by Richard Lee Kalmin
Hillel and Jesus
An international group of scholars who met in Jerusalem in 1992 examined and compared the traditions that describe the historical figures Hillel (a prominent first century B.C.E. Rabbinic teacher) and Jesus (early first century C.E.). The fascinating results of the study are compiled in this magnificent work of interest to clergy, professors, students, libraries and general readers alike.
Rabbinische Texte, Erste Reihe: Die Tosefta. Band III: Seder Naschim (Rabbinische Texte. Erste Reihe: Die Tosefta, #2)
by Daniel Schumann
Tractate Ketubot (Studia Judaica)
The Tractate Ketubot ("marriage contracts") discusses inter alia the sum specified at the time of marriage to be paid in the event of divorce or the husband's death, together with the mutual obligations of man and wife, the wife's property, the law of inheritance in the female line and the widow's rights. The Tractate Nidda ("Female impurity") regulates conduct during menstruation (cf. Lev 15:19ff) and after birth (Lev 12); further topics are women's life stages, puberty and various medical q...
This book introduces the Talmud, the age-old storehouse of Jewish wisdom, in an easy-to-read prose. The Talmud has two components: the Mishnah (Hebrew: c. 200 CE), the first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law, and the Gemara (c. 500 CE), an elucidation of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Hebrew Bible. The whole Talmud consists of 63 tractates, and in standard print is over 6,200 pages long. It is written in Tanna...
Kovetz Nizkei Shcheinim 2 (Kovetz Nizkei Shcheinim, #2)
by Yehoshua Rosenberg
Koren Talmud Bavli V14c: Yevamot, Daf 35b-53b, Noeי Color Pb, H/E
by Adin Steinsaltz
Koren Talmud Bavli V15c: Ketubot, Daf 29a-41b, Noeי Color Pb, H/E
by Adin Steinsaltz
This valuable study aid for beginning and intermediate Talmud students includes: *Close to 200 technical terms used regularly in the Talmud. Each entry provides a literal translation, a guide to specialized usage in the Talmud, and references to related terms *Insights into the methodology of the master talmudic commentator - Rashi *Over 180 common words and phrases used by Rashi in his commentaries *Tips to the student and the teacher on how to best utilize this resource
The Presence of the Past, the Pastness of the Present
by Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner