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The reader's guide to the Talmud / by Jacob Neusner.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive 2000-2006 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neusner, Jacob, 1932-
- Series:
- Brill reference library of ancient Judaism ; v. 5.
- The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism, 1566-1237 ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Talmud--Introductions.
- Talmud.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 374 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Talmud
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This systematic introduction to the Talmud of Babylonia (Bavli) seeks to answer basic questions of form: how is this a coherent document? How do we make sense of the several languages in which it is written? What are the principal parts of the complex writing?
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Bibliography; Part One The Talmud's Formal Qualities; Part Two How the Talmud thinks; Part Three The Talmud and Judaism; Appendix: The Bavli's Unique Voice; General Subject Index; Index of Textual References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxii]-xxx) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46481-X
- 9786610464814
- 1-4175-4015-X
- 90-474-0098-4
- OCLC:
- 171583040
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