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A history of the Talmud / David C. Kraemer.
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Title:A history of the Talmud / David C. Kraemer.
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Author/Creator:Kraemer, David Charles.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Cambridge Core EBA eBooks Complete Collection
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Published/Created:New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
©2020
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Call Number: BM501
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Location:ONLINEWhere is this?
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Subject(s):Talmud--History.
Electronic books.
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Description:1 online resource
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Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
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Summary:"It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the Talmud in Judaism and beyond. Yet its difficult language and its assumptions, so distant from modern sensibilities, render it inaccessible to most readers. In this volume, David Kraemer offers students of Judaism a sophisticated and accessible introduction to one of the religion's most important texts. Here, he brings together his expertise as a scholar of the Talmud and rabbinic Judaism with the lessons of his experience as director of one of the largest collections of rare Judaica in the world. Tracing the Talmud's origins and its often controversial status through history, he bases his work on the most recent historical and literary scholarship while making no assumptions concerning the reader's prior knowledge. Kraemer also examines the continuities and shifts of the Talmud over time and space. His work will provide scholars and students with an unprecedented understanding of one of the world's great classics and the spirit that animates it"-- Provided by publisher.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9781108481366
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Contents:Introduction: Why a history of the Talmud?
Before the rabbis
The emergence of the Mishnah
What is the Mishnah?
The reception of the Mishnah
The first Talmud: the Yerushalmi
Jews in Babylonia and the emergence of the Babylonian Talmud (the Bavli)
What is the Bavli?
The reception of the Bavli
The Talmud in early modernity
The Talmud in modernity and beyond.