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  • The Babylonian Talmudby Michael L. Rodkinson

    MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99

    Talmud Bavli (the "Babylonian Talmud") comprises the Mishnah and the Babylonian Gemara, the latter representing the culmination of more than 300 years of analysis of the Mishnah in the Babylonian Academies. The foundations of this process of analysis were laid by Rab, a disciple of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi.— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Table of ContentsExplanatory Remarks Dedication Preface to the Second Edition Editor's Preface Brief General Introduction to the Babylonian Talmud. Book 1: Tract SabbathBook 2: Tracts Erubin, Shekalim, Rosh HashanaBook 3: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and HagigaBook 4: Tracts Betzh, Succah, Moed Katan, Taanith, Megilla and Ebel Rabbathi or SemahothBook 5: Tracts Aboth, Derech Eretz-Rabba,... more...

  • Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourseby Jacob Neusner; Bruce Chilton

    Routledge 1997; US$ 42.95

    This provocative volume provides a unique and controversial analysis of the genesis and evolution of Judaeo-Christian intellectual thought. more...

  • Routledge Dictionary of Judaismby Jacob Neusner; Alan Avery-Peck

    Routledge 2003; US$ 24.95

    With over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, this dictionary provides the reader with an invaluable reference aid to all areas of Judaism. more...

  • A Popular Dictionary of Judaismby Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok; Dan Cohn-Sherbok

    Routledge 1997; US$ 52.95

    Contains around 1400 entries, describing clearly and concisely all the key aspects of religion, cutlure and history in Judaism. more...

  • The reader's guide to the Talmudby J. Neusner

    BRILL 2001; US$ 177.00

    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? more...

  • How the Talmud worksby J. Neusner

    BRILL 2002; US$ 248.00

    The Bavli, or Talmud of Babylonia, the foundation-document of Judaism, its law, theology, and exegesis of Scripture, sets forth an orderly world, resting on reason and tested by rationality. This work covers the problem of the Bavil's intellectual cogency and formal coherence. more...

  • Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmudsby Christine Elizabeth Hayes

    Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 125.00

    This work addresses the the genesis of halakhic (legal) divergence between the Talmuds produced by the Palestinian rabbinic community (c. AD 370) and the Babylonian rabbinic community (c. AD 650). It analyzes selected divergences between parallel passages of the two Talmuds. more...

  • Rabbinic Authorityby Michael S. Berger

    Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 120.00

    Examines the nature and sources of the authority accorded in Judaism to the Sages of the first five centuries CE, whose statements serve as the basis for Halakhah (Jewish law). Berger critiques the notion of their authority, the assumptions undergirding it and the implications that follow. more...

  • Encyclopedia of Judaismby Sara E. Karesh; Mitchell M. Hurvitz

    Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 75.00

    Since the demise of the Israelite religion, Jewish people have spread around the world, adapted to their host cultures, and produced cultural variances within Judaism. In doing so, they have experienced prosperity and tragedy, all of which is reflected in this comprehensive reference, along with biographical data on notable Jewish individuals. In a completely accessible manner, Encyclopedia of Judaism covers Jewish tradition from religious practices in the Temple through exile and diaspora in Europe and Asia, to the expansion of Jewish denominations in America to the modern state of Israel and the continual development of rich diaspora Jewish communities. more...

  • The Oral Law of Sinaiby Berel Wein

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008; US$ 39.95

    Written by the Orthodox historian Rabbi Berel Wein, The Oral Law of Sinai is an extraordinary and beautifully illustrated book that explores the Talmud—a law book that is a faithful transmission of the Oral Law of Sinai. As Rabbi Wein explains, the Talmud is two separate books comprising the Oral Law. This work offers an explanation of the first book of the Talmud, the Mishnah more...