| Description |
x, 243 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Continuum book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-232) and index. |
| Contents |
The Talmud in its world. In the beginning ; The origins of the Talmud ; Returning to Babylon ; The compilation of the Talmud ; The flowering of Babylon ; From your father's house ; Coming of age ; The age of the giants -- The Talmud in the world. Banned, censored and burned : the thirteenth century ; Printers and polemics ; A royal Talmud, a Protestant rabbi ; The wisdom of the Greeks ; The challenge of the Enlightenment ; The problem with emancipation ; A new world in the making. |
| Subject |
Talmud -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781472905949 (hbk.) : $26.99 |
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1472905946 (hbk.) |
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