Provides four detailed understandings of the nature and scope of the Babylonian Talmud, outlining the state-of-the-art studies of the subject as well as some problems still awaiting solution, such as who were the actual editors of the Bavli and how they went about their work. This is followed by seven comprehensive examinations of the Talmudic method as seen from the complete unit of the Talmud, the Sugya. The concluding section of the books deals with Rabbinics, the works of post-Talmudic scholars who sought to bring the Talmudic discussions to life in the Jewish community.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Louis Jacobs
EAN: 9780853035688
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 363 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-05-30
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GENRE: RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
WIDTH: 159 cm
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Rabbi Louis Jacobs, CBE, was Rabbi of the New London Synagogue for more than thirty years and was Visiting Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. His books include We Have Reason to Believe (1957, fifth revised edition 2004), Jewish Values (1960), Principles of the Jewish Faith (1964), A Jewish Theology (1973), God, Torah, Israel (1990) and Jewish Preaching: Homilies and Sermons (2004). His autobiography, Helping with Inquiries (1989), describes the controversy that erupted after the first appearance of We Have Reason to Believe, and the subsequent establishment of the New
