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What the rabbis said : 250 topics from the Talmud / Ronald L. Eisenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenberg, Ronald L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Talmud.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The Talmud has been a source of study and debate for well over a millennia. What the Rabbis Said: 250 Topics from the Talmud brings that discussion out of the yeshiva to describe and clarify the views of the talmudic rabbis for modern readers. Much more than a compilation of isolated rabbinic quotations, the book intersperses talmudic statements within the narrative to provide a thoroughly engaging examination of the rabbinic point of view.||Exploring the development of traditional Jewish thought during its formative period, the book summarizes the major rabbinic comments from the vast expanse
- Contents:
- God
- Torah
- Mitzvot
- Proper behavior and ethical living
- Negative traits
- Children, parents, and education
- Law and punishment
- Earning a livelihood
- The Jewish people, the land of Israel, and diaspora existence
- Life-cycle events
- Sabbath and festivals
- Synagogue and prayer
- Food and drink
- Health
- Superstition and magic
- Animals
- Miscellaneous.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216034667
- 9786612700897
- 9781282700895
- 1282700898
- 9780313384516
- 0313384517
- OCLC:
- 659743110
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