The Talmud: introduction and reader
Book by Neusner, Jacob
12 results for "History"
Judaism and Zoroastrianism at the dusk of late antiquity: how two ancient faiths wrote down their great traditions
Describes and contrasts how two major religions approached the problem of writing down the traditions of the ages. Just before 700 A. D., Judaic sages compiled the Talmud of Babylonia; just after 800 A. D., Zoroastrian priests compiled the Pahlavi books. In both cases, the projects codified thought and became authorities for the later development of the religions. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The Judaism the rabbis take for granted
Aphrahat and Judaism: the Christian-Jewish argument in fourth-century Iran
Aphrahat (fl. ca. 300-350) was a member of a small community of Christians within a large and flourishing Jewish region. His work Demonstrations provide the earliest and one of the best accounts of the Judaism being practiced there with little rabbinical influence. Neusner translates those parts of the work that provide such information.
The law behind the laws: the Bavli's essential discourse
Law Behind the Laws: The Bavli's Essencial Discourse
The Bavli's unique voice: a systematic comparison of the Talmud of Babylonia and the Talmud of the land of Israel
Book by Neusner, Jacob
Form-analytical comparison in Rabbinic Judaism: structure and form in The fathers and The fathers according to Rabbi Nathan
Neusner compares the literary and programmatic traits in the two texts, both structurally and in terms of rhetoric. The texts are sixth-century commentaries on the Mishnah tractate Avot .
Beyond catastrophe: the Rabbis' reading of Isaiah's vision : Israelite messiah-prophecies in formative Judaism : an anthology of Pesiqta deRab Kahana for the seven sabbaths after the Ninth of Ab
Text: English (translation) Original Language: Hebrew
Decoding the Talmud's exegetical program: from detail to principle in the Bavli's quest for generalization : Babylonian Talmud Tractate Shabbat
Writing with Scripture: the authority and uses of the Hebrew Bible in the Torah of formative Judaism
Analyzes how, in the formation of Judaism, the written Torah, also called the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, relate to and served the dual Torah, which consisted of both oral and written elements. Argues against holding up the written texts alone as "proofs," and that the written and oral forms comprised a single, seamless whole. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
