The Babylonian Talmud: A Translation And Commentary (22-Volume Set with CD-ROM)

Neusner, Jacob

ISBN 10: 1565637070 / ISBN 13: 9781565637078

Published by Hendrickson Pub, 2006

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Complete 22 volume set in superb condtion. No markings. Corners are sharp. Only volume 18 appears to have even been opened. Volume 10 has a small amount of white gunk on the spine. Each volume will be individually bubble-wrapped and securely packed and insured for shipping. No CD-ROM. No dust jackets, as issued. No international shipping on this set.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Babylonian Talmud: A Translation And Commentary (22-Volume Set with CD-ROM)
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565637070
• ISBN 13: 9781565637078
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The Hebrew Scriptures contain many hundreds of laws both religious and civil. They concern the Temple (in Exodus), the priesthood (in Leviticus), the Temple offerings and other rites (in Numbers), and the social order of Israel (in Deuteronomy). These may rightly be called the written law (Torah). The oral law is the extension of these precepts to cover all of life and its contingencies. The oral law (or Mishnah) was written down by rabbinic sages about 200 C.E. With the Talmud, Jewish sages systematized the laws in Scripture together with those of the oral tradition. While the Mishnah records rules governing the conduct of the holy life of Israel, the Talmud concerns itself with the details of the Mishnah. Israel's oral law found its definitive expression in the Talmud. The Talmud of Babylonia (a.k.a., the Bavli, or Babylonian Talmud), is a sustained commentary on the written and oral law of Israel. Compiled between 500-600 C.E., it offers a magnificent record of how Jewish scholars preserved a humane and enduring civilization. Representing the primary document of rabbinic Judaism, it throws considerable light on the New Testament as well. This monumental American translation was completed a decade ago--but was extraordinarily expensive and difficult to find--and features translations by Jacob Neusner, Tzvee Zahavy, Alan Avery-Peck, B. Barry Levy, Peter Haas, and Martin S. Jaffee, with commentary and new introductions by Jacob Neusner.

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He has published more than eight hundred books and innumerable articles, and he is editor of The Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period and the three-volume Encyclopaedia of Judaism. He has also served as President of the American Academy of Religion, and was appointed as Member of the National Council on the Humanities and the National Council on the Arts.