Yerushalmi Pesaḥim / translated by Baruch M. Bokser ; completed and edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bokser, Baruch M.

Schiffman, Lawrence H.

Series:

Talmud Yerushalmi. English. 1982 ; v. 13.

Chicago studies in the history of Judaism

The Talmud of the land of Israel ; v. 13

Standardized Title:

Talmud Yerushalmi. Pesaḥim. English.

Language:

Aramaic

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Talmud Yerushalmi. Pesaḥim--Commentaries.

Talmud Yerushalmi.

Talmud Yerushalmi. Pesaḥim.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 633 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Summary:

With the publication of "Yerushalmi Pesahim the University of Chicago Press completes a landmark edition of the Palestinian Talmud, "The Talmud of the Land of Israel: A Preliminary Translation and Explanation. Edited by the acclaimed scholar Jacob Neusner, this thirty-five volume translation has been hailed by the "Jewish Spectator as a "project...of immense benefit to students of rabbinic Judaism." "Yerushalmi Pesahim details the specific requirements regarding the preparation for Passover, the Passover sacrifice, and the Seder. Commenting on the many, often contradictory, prescriptions in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, this tractate is an important part of a long tradition of interpretation regarding Passover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-614) and index.

ISBN:

0226576728

OCLC:

28929096