Essential Papers on the Talmud: 9 (Essential Papers on Jewish Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081471496X ISBN 13: 9780814714966

Publisher: New York University Press, 1994

Synopsis

No work has informed Jewish life and history more than the Talmud. This unique and vast collection of teachings and traditions contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people’s life from the Hellenistic period in Palestine (c. 315 B.C.E.) until the end of the Sassanian era in Babylonia (615 C.E.). This volume adds the insights of modern talmudic scholarship and criticism to the growing number of more traditionally oriented works that seek to open the talmudic heritage and tradition to contemporary readers. These central essays provide a taste of the myriad ways in which talmudic study can intersect with such diverse disciplines as economics, history, ethics, law, literary criticism, and philosophy.

Contributors: Baruch Micah Bokser, Boaz Cohen, Ari Elon, Meyer S. Feldblum, Louis Ginzberg, Abraham Goldberg, Robert Goldenberg, Heinrich Graetz, Louis Jacobs, David Kraemer, Geoffrey B. Levey, Aaron Levine, Saul Lieberman, Jacob Neusner, Nahum Rakover, and David Weiss-Halivni.

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About the Author

Michael Chernick is Deutch Professor of Jewish Jurisprudence and Social Justice, Hebrew Union College ― Jewish Institute of Religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081471496X
• ISBN 13: 9780814714966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 484
• Editor: Chernick Michael