The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud.
Rubenstein, Jeffrey L.
The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (246 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Tractates -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Rabbinic Academy -- Chapter 2 Dialectics -- Chapter 3 Violence -- Chapter 4 Shame -- Chapter 5 Lineage and Rabbinic Leadership -- Chapter 6 Wives -- Chapter 7 Elitism: The Sages and the Amei ha'arets -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Legacy of the Stammaim -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- General Index -- Source Index.
This book provides a unique and new perspective on the formative years of rabbinic Judaism and will be essential reading for all students of the Talmud.
9780801881398
Talmud-Criticism, Redaction.
Talmud-Language, style.
Talmudic academies.
Rabbis-Iraq-Babylonia-Intellectual life.
Aggada-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Logic-Iraq-Babylonia.
Narration in rabbinical literature.
Electronic books.
BM502.R93 2003
296.1/25067
The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (246 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Tractates -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Rabbinic Academy -- Chapter 2 Dialectics -- Chapter 3 Violence -- Chapter 4 Shame -- Chapter 5 Lineage and Rabbinic Leadership -- Chapter 6 Wives -- Chapter 7 Elitism: The Sages and the Amei ha'arets -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Legacy of the Stammaim -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- General Index -- Source Index.
This book provides a unique and new perspective on the formative years of rabbinic Judaism and will be essential reading for all students of the Talmud.
9780801881398
Talmud-Criticism, Redaction.
Talmud-Language, style.
Talmudic academies.
Rabbis-Iraq-Babylonia-Intellectual life.
Aggada-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Logic-Iraq-Babylonia.
Narration in rabbinical literature.
Electronic books.
BM502.R93 2003
296.1/25067