The Talmud of the Land of Israel V 12: A Preliminary Translation and Explanation (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) - Hardcover

Neusner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226576698 ISBN 13: 9780226576695

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

Edited by the acclaimed scholar Jacob Neusner, this thirty-five volume English translation of the Talmud Yerushalmi has been hailed by the Jewish Spectator as a "project...of immense benefit to students of rabbinic Judaism."

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About the Author

Jacob Neusner, 1932-2016, was one of the world's foremost scholars of Jewish rabbinical texts. He taught at Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of South Florida, and Bard College. He was author or editor of more than 900 books for students, scholars, and general readers in Judaism, comparative religion, and the history and analysis of rabbinic texts. He was general editor of The Talmud of the Land of Israel, published in thirty-five volumes by the University of Chicago Press.

From the Back Cover

The purpose of this preliminary translation is to make possible a set of historical and religious-historical studies on the formation of Judaism in the Land of Israel from the closure of the Mishnah to the completion of the Talmud of the Land of Israel and the time of the composition of the first midrashic compilations.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226576698
• ISBN 13: 9780226576695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 324