Rubenstein, Jeffrey L. <br/><br/>
The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (246 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801881398 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Talmud-Criticism, Redaction.<br/>Talmud-Language, style.<br/>Talmudic academies.<br/>Rabbis-Iraq-Babylonia-Intellectual life.<br/>Aggada-Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Logic-Iraq-Babylonia.<br/>Narration in rabbinical literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM502.R93 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.1/25067