| Description |
vi, 296 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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Translation of ha-Talmud la-kol. |
| Contents |
History. What is the Talmud? ; The oral law : the first generations ; The oral law : the era of the zugot (pairs) ; The Tannaim ; The compilation of the Mishnah ; The Amoraim in Babylonia ; The Amoraim in Palestine ; The redaction of the Babylonian Talmud ; Talmudic exegesis ; The printing of the Talmud ; The persecution and banning of the Talmud -- Structure and content. The structure of the Talmud ; The subject matter of the Talmud ; Prayers and benedictions ; The Sabbath ; The festivals ; Marriage and divorce ; The status of women ; Civil law ; Criminal law ; Sacrifices ; Dietary laws ; Ritual purity and impurity ; Ethics and Halakhah ; Derekh eretz (deportment) ; The world of mysticism -- Method. Midrash (Halakhic exegesis) ; The Talmudic way of thinking ; Strange and bizarre problems ; Methods of study ; The Talmud and the Halakhah ; Aggadah in the Talmud ; What is a scholar? ; The Talmud's importance for the people ; The Talmud has never been completed -- Appendix : order and tractates of the Mishnah and Talmud. |
| Subject |
Talmud -- Introductions.
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| Added Title |
Talmud la-kol. English
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| ISBN |
0465020607 |
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9780465020607 |
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0465020631 paperback |
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9780465020638 paperback |
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