The History Of The Talmud

Author : David C. Kraemer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108661768

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A History of the Talmud by David C. Kraemer Pdf

It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the Talmud in Judaism and beyond. Yet its difficult language and its assumptions, so distant from modern sensibilities, render it inaccessible to most readers. In this volume, David C. Kraemer offers students of Judaism a sophisticated and accessible introduction to one of the religion's most important texts. Here, he brings together his expertise as a scholar of the Talmud and rabbinic Judaism with the lessons of his experience as director of one of the largest collections of rare Judaica in the world. Tracing the Talmud's origins and its often controversial status through history, he bases his work on the most recent historical and literary scholarship while making no assumptions concerning the reader's prior knowledge. Kraemer also examines the continuities and shifts of the Talmud over time and space. His work will provide scholars and students with an unprecedented understanding of one of the world's great classics and the spirit that animates it.

Author : Barry Scott Wimpfheimer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691209227

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The Talmud by Barry Scott Wimpfheimer Pdf

The Babylonian Talmud, a postbiblical Jewish text that is part scripture and part commentary, is an unlikely bestseller. Written in a hybrid of Hebrew and Aramaic, it is often ambiguous to the point of incomprehension, and its subject matter reflects a narrow scholasticism that should hardly have broad appeal. Yet the Talmud has remained in print for centuries and is more popular today than ever. Barry Scott Wimpfheimer tells the remarkable story of this ancient Jewish book and explains why it has endured for almost two millennia.0Providing a concise biography of this quintessential work of rabbinic Judaism, Wimpfheimer takes readers from the Talmud's prehistory in biblical and second-temple Judaism to its present-day use as a source of religious ideology, a model of different modes of rationality, and a totem of cultural identity. He describes the book's origins and structure, its centrality to Jewish law, its mixed reception history, and its golden renaissance in modernity. He explains why reading the Talmud can feel like being swept up in a river or lost in a maze, and why the Talmud has come to be venerated--but also excoriated and maligned-in the centuries since it first appeared.0An incomparable introduction to a work of literature that has lived a full and varied life, this accessible book shows why the Talmud is at once a received source of traditional teachings, a touchstone of cultural authority, and a powerful symbol of Jewishness for both supporters and critics.

Author : Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Talmud
ISBN : CUB:U183034032982

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The History of the Talmud by Michael Levi Rodkinson Pdf

Author : Marvin J. Heller
Publisher : Brooklyn, N.Y. : Im Hasefer
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Hebrew imprints
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002355548

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Printing the Talmud by Marvin J. Heller Pdf

Author : Harrell Rhome
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9785882336041

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From the Temple to the Talmud by Harrell Rhome Pdf

Author : Berel Wein
Publisher : Maggid
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000134098213

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Vision & Valor by Berel Wein Pdf

In Vision & Valor, Rabbi Berel Wein traces the development of the Talmud, the record of the Oral Law of Sinai as refined, debated, and discussed over four centuries in the great Torah academies of the Land of Israel and Babylonia.This beautifully illustrated, footnoted, oversized volume is a necessity for every Jewish home interested in the soul of Judaism, its rituals, values and practices.

Author : Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D013629218

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The history of the Talmud from the time of its formation, about 200 B .C., up to the present time by Michael Levi Rodkinson Pdf

Author : Michael Levi Rodkinson,Isaac Mayer Wise,Godfrey Taubenhaus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Talmud
ISBN : MINN:31951002004101Z

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The history of the Talmud from the time of the formation, about 200 B.C., up to the present time by Michael Levi Rodkinson,Isaac Mayer Wise,Godfrey Taubenhaus Pdf

Author : Jason Sion Mokhtarian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520286207

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Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests by Jason Sion Mokhtarian Pdf

"Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests brings into mutual fruition the fields of Talmudic Studies and Ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Mokhtarian offers a revisionist history of the rabbis of late antique Persia who produced the Babylonian Talmud, perhaps the most important corpus in the Jewish sacred canon. While most research on the Talmud assumes that the rabbis were an insular group isolated from the cultural horizon outside of the rabbinic academies, this book contextualizes the rabbis and Talmud within a broader socio-cultural orbit by drawing from a wide range of sources from Sasanian Iran, including Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature, archaeological evidence, and the Jewish Aramaic magical bowls"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Hyam Maccoby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136117466

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Philosophy of the Talmud by Hyam Maccoby Pdf

This is a new presentation of the philosophy of the Talmud. The Talmud is not a work of formal philosophy, but much of what it says is relevant to philosophical enquiry, including issues explored in contemporary debates. In particular, the Talmud has original ideas about the relation between universal ethics and the ethics of a particular community. This leads into a discussion on the relation between morality and ritual, and also about the epistemological role of tradition. The book explains the paradoxes of Talmudic Judaism as arising from a philosophy of revolution, stemming from Jewish origins as a band of escaped slaves, determined not to reproduce the slave-society of Egypt. From this arises a daring humanism, and an emphasis on justice in this world rather than on other-worldly spirituality. A strong emphasis on education and the cultivation of rationality also stems from this. Governing the discussion is a theory of logic that differs significantly from Greek logic. Talmudic logic is one of analogy, not classification and is peculiarly suited to discussions of moral and legal human situations. This book will be of interest to those in the fields of philosophy, religion and the history of ideas, whether students, teachers and academics, or the interested general reader.

Author : Moulie Vidas
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691170862

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Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud by Moulie Vidas Pdf

Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud offers a new perspective on perhaps the most important religious text of the Jewish tradition. It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. Nevertheless, it has been assumed that the ancient rabbis were committed to maintaining continuity with the past. Moulie Vidas argues on the contrary that structural features of the Talmud were designed to produce a discontinuity with tradition, and that this discontinuity was part and parcel of the rabbis' self-conception. Both this self-conception and these structural features were part of a debate within and beyond the Jewish community about the transmission of tradition. Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud, produced in the rabbinic academies of late ancient Mesopotamia, Vidas analyzes key passages to show how the Talmud's creators contrasted their own voice with that of their predecessors. He also examines Zoroastrian, Christian, and mystical Jewish sources to reconstruct the debates and wide-ranging conversations that shaped the Talmud's literary and intellectual character.

Author : David Weiss Halivni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199876488

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The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud by David Weiss Halivni Pdf

David Weiss Halivni's The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud, originally published in Hebrew and here translated by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, 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 composed c. 450 CE by the last of the named sages in the Talmud, the Amoraim, Halivni proposes that its formation took place over a much longer period of time, not reaching its final form until about 750 CE. The Talmud consists of many literary strata or layers, with later layers commenting upon and reinterpreting earlier layers. The later layers differ qualitatively from the earlier layers, and were composed by anonymous sages whom Halivni calls Stammaim. These sages were the true author-editors of the Talmud. They reconstructed the reasons underpinning earlier rulings, created the dialectical argumentation characteristic of the Talmud, and formulated the literary units that make up the Talmudic text. Halivni also discusses the history and development of rabbinic tradition from the Mishnah through the post-Talmudic legal codes, the types of dialectical analysis found in the different rabbinic works, and the roles of reciters, transmitters, compilers, and editors in the composition of the Talmud. This volume contains an introduction and annotations by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein.

Author : Barry W. Holtz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300204872

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Rabbi Akiva by Barry W. Holtz Pdf

A compelling and lucid account of the life and teachings of a founder of rabbinic Judaism and one of the most beloved heroes of Jewish history Born in the Land of Israel around the year 50 C.E., Rabbi Akiva was the greatest rabbi of his time and one of the most important influences on Judaism as we know it today. Traditional sources tell how he was raised in poverty and unschooled in religious tradition but began to learn the Torah as an adult. In the aftermath of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 C.E., he helped shape a new direction for Judaism through his brilliance and his character. Mystic, legalist, theologian, and interpreter, he disputed with his colleagues in dramatic fashion yet was admired and beloved by his peers. Executed by Roman authorities for his insistence on teaching Torah in public, he became the exemplar of Jewish martyrdom. Drawing on the latest historical and literary scholarship, this book goes beyond older biographies, untangling a complex assortment of ancient sources to present a clear and nuanced portrait of Talmudic hero Rabbi Akiva.

Author : Mira Beth Wasserman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812294088

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Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals by Mira Beth Wasserman Pdf

In Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals, Mira Beth Wasserman undertakes a close reading of Avoda Zara, arguably the Talmud's most scandalous tractate, to uncover the hidden architecture of this classic work of Jewish religious thought. She proposes a new way of reading the Talmud that brings it into conversation with the humanities, including animal studies, the new materialisms, and other areas of critical theory that have been reshaping the understanding of what it is to be a human being. Even as it comments on the the rabbinic laws that govern relations between Jews and non-Jews, Avoda Zara is also an attempt to reflect on what all people share in common, and on how humans fit into a larger universe of animals and things. As is typical of the Talmud in general, it proceeds by incorporating a vast and confusing array of apparently digressive materials, but Wasserman demonstrates that there is a whole greater than the sum of the parts, a sustained effort to explore human identity and difference. In centuries past, Avoda Zara has been a flashpoint in Jewish-Christian relations. It was partly due to its content that the Talmud was subject to burning and censorship by Christian authorities. Wasserman develops a twenty-first-century reading of the tractate that aims to reposition it as part of a broader quest to understand what connects human beings to each other and to the world around them.

Author : Henry Abramson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1670694909

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The Sea of Talmud by Henry Abramson Pdf

After hours of careful thought, the Yeshiva administration posted a hand-lettered sign outside the cafeteria door.THE YESHIVA PROVIDES FOOD FOR ONE PORTION ONLYNO STUDENT IS PERMITTED TO STAND IN LINE FOR SECOND PORTIONBy the time I finished lunch, I noticed that some student had altered the sign in a subtle, Talmudic manner: THE YESHIVA PROVIDES FOOD FOR ONE PORTION ONLY?NO! STUDENT IS PERMITTED TO STAND IN LINE FOR SECOND PORTION.The Sea of Talmud is a brief introduction to the Talmud, viewed from the perspective of a newcomer to the world of the Yeshiva. Intended for readers with little background to the historical development of the Talmud and its relevance for Jewish observance, The Sea of Talmud hopes to inspire readers with the beauty and glory of traditional Yeshiva study.