The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East, #87)
The authors of the studies on the Mishnah collected in the present volumes represent the best of contemporary scholarship on that document. In the past thirty years, the Mishnah seen as a document on its own terms has taken its place as a principal focus in the academic study of religion and of Judaism. Many university scholars have participated in the contemporary revolution in the description, analysis, and interpretation of the Mishnah. Nearly all the publishing scholars of the academy (as di...
Jerusalem and Athens (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, #52)
by Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner
Sha'ar HaYahadut
by Jacques Cukierkorn and Charton Baggio Scheneider
Wise Men and Their Tales: Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters
by Elie Wiesel
Jeffrey L. Rubenstein offers a translation from the Hebrew of The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud by David Weiss Halivni. Halivni's work is widely regarded as the most comprehensive scholarly examination of the processes of composition and editing of the Babylonian Talmud. Halivni presents the summation of a lifetime of scholarship and the conclusions of his multivolume Talmudic commentary, Sources and Traditions (Meqorot umesorot). Arguing against the traditional view that the Talmud was...
The Babylonian Talmud is often cited as the bedrock upon which Judaism stands. And yet, it remains a closed book for the majority of Jews. Since the Talmud's composition does not follow the rules of Western writing, beginning learners are often thwarted in their first attempts to "swim in the sea of Talmud." These modern learners often experience rabbinic literature as a sort of stream-of-consciousness writing that seems to wobble off-track quite frequently. Frustrated, these learners often give...
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HaMafkid - Linear Translation Assistant - Menukad
by Rabbi Naftoli Eisemann
Koren Talmud Bavli V15b: Ketubot, Daf 15b-28b, Noeי Color Pb, H/E
by Adin Steinsaltz
Tractates Šabbat and ‘Eruvin (Studia Judaica)
This volume of the Jerusalem Talmud publishes the first two tractates of the Second Order, Šabbat and ‘Eruvin. These tractates deal with discussion of all regulations regarding Shabbat, the weekly day of rest, including the activities prohibited on Shabbat. The tractate ‘Eruvin covers questions of definition of what is allowed to do on Shabbat.
This detailed, systematic classification of Rabbinic narrative supplies these facts concerning the classification of narratives and their regularities: [1] what are the types and forms of narrative in a given document? [2] how are these distinctive types and forms of narrative distributed across the canonical documents of the formative age, the first six centuries C.E.? The answers for the documentary preferences are in Volumes One through Three, for the Mishnah-Tosefta, the Tannaite Midrash-com...
The Mishnah, Social Perspectives Volume 2 (The Mishnah (2 vols))
by Jacob Neusner
"The Horizontal Society" is an exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. The thought streams of Greece, Rome, and Christendom serve as a contrast. This work is in the Hebrew rhetorical tradition of melisa. The main text in five sections - The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and The Folly of Israel - focuses on these core matters. It includes numerous references to orient the reader. The mode is similar to the author's previou...
Relics for the Present II (Relics for the Present, #2)
by Levi Cooper
" . . . a fascinating and thought-provoking book . . . " -The Jewish Quarterly"The best introduction to the talmudic literature that is available. . . . An extraordinarily important book, brilliant, and lucid." -Daniel Boyarin"Menachem Fisch has written a rich, thoughtful book. One will come away from Rational Rabbis with a deeper understanding of just what the Talmud is." -Hilary PutnamTalmudic culture is often viewed as bound by its traditions. Menachem Fisch maintains that a close reading of...