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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449996103321

Autore

Neusner Jacob <1932->

Titolo

The reader's guide to the Talmud [[electronic resource] /] / by Jacob Neusner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001

ISBN

1-280-46481-X

9786610464814

1-4175-4015-X

90-474-0098-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (403 p.)

Collana

The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism, , 1566-1237 ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

296.1/2

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxii]-xxx) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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?