TY - BOOK AU - Rubenstein,Jeffrey L. TI - The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud SN - 9780801881398 AV - BM502.R93 2003 U1 - 296.1/25067 PY - 2003/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Talmud-Criticism, Redaction KW - Talmud-Language, style KW - Talmudic academies KW - Rabbis-Iraq-Babylonia-Intellectual life KW - Aggada-Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Logic-Iraq-Babylonia KW - Narration in rabbinical literature KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318245 ER -