| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 238 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [217]-221. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the argument of this book and how it unfolds -- The oral Torah written down : the Mishnah -- The Mishnah and the Tosefta -- The theory of tradition of the oral Torah : Pirqe Avot (sayings of the fathers) -- Explaining the oral Torah : the Sifra and the Yerushalmi (the Talmud of the land of Israel) -- Recasting the written Torah as the oral Torah : Leviticus Rabbah -- The written Torah and the oral Torah in conclusion : the Bavli (the Talmud of Babylonia) -- Our sages of blessed memory : Torah in the flesh -- The Torah, the dual Torah, and the oral Torah -- Appendix : the contents of the oral Torah : a topical outline of the Mishnah. |
| Subject |
Mishnah -- Evidences, authority, etc.
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Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
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Tradition (Judaism)
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| ISBN |
0060661038: $19.95 |
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9780060661038 |
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