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The Talmud; an analytical guide to its history and teachings.

By: Publication details: New York, Bloch Pub. Co. [1971, ©1952]Description: xv, 351 pages 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0819701890
  • 9780819701893
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 296.1/2
LOC classification:
  • BM503.5 .U57 1971
Contents:
The Talmudic construction of a religio-national life -- The Talmud as a unique cultural phenomenon -- The Jewish propensity for learning -- The Talmud as a spiritual creative process in Judaism -- The Mishna as a systematized codification of Jewish law -- The achievements and significance of the Gemara -- The Halacha and its relation to Jewish life -- The Agada as an expression of the Jewish spirit -- The ideology of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenees -- The Midrashic literature -- The institution of "pairs" -- Beth Shamai and Beth Hillel -- The role of the Sanhedrin in Jewish life -- After the close of the Talmud -- The transference of Jewish centers of learning -- The judicial system -- Servitude and slavery in the Torah and in Talmudic law -- The attitude toward labor -- The persecutions of the Talmud -- The Talmudic concept of ethics.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BM 503.5 .U57 1971 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 8472

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-328).

The Talmudic construction of a religio-national life -- The Talmud as a unique cultural phenomenon -- The Jewish propensity for learning -- The Talmud as a spiritual creative process in Judaism -- The Mishna as a systematized codification of Jewish law -- The achievements and significance of the Gemara -- The Halacha and its relation to Jewish life -- The Agada as an expression of the Jewish spirit -- The ideology of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenees -- The Midrashic literature -- The institution of "pairs" -- Beth Shamai and Beth Hillel -- The role of the Sanhedrin in Jewish life -- After the close of the Talmud -- The transference of Jewish centers of learning -- The judicial system -- Servitude and slavery in the Torah and in Talmudic law -- The attitude toward labor -- The persecutions of the Talmud -- The Talmudic concept of ethics.

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