"The Mishna", a six-part codification of oral rabbinic law, is the basis of the Talmud. It is one of the two holy books upon which Judaism has been constructed. This edition aims to provide as close to a literal translation as possible, following the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew.
This is an expanded edition of the classic text on Jewish theology, by the renowned Talmudic scholar who "Newsweek" described as "a genius of the highest order". "The Essential Talmud" is a general introduction to the beliefs, attitudes and methods of the sacred text by which the Jewish people have lived and survived through the ages, by the ...
Rabbi and philosopher Marc-Alain Ouakin offers one of the first postmodern readings of the ancient text of Jewish law, the Talmud. He establishes a dialogue between Hebrew tradition and the social sciences, and the works of Blanchot, Jabes, and Derrida. "The Burnt Book" represents the kind of innovative thinking that has come to be associated with ...
In this memoir, Rosen explores the contradictions presented by his American Jewish upbringing and his European Jewish roots. In doing so, he considers the inherent differences in the traditions of his European grandmother, who was murdered by the Nazis, and his American Grandmother, who raised him. Throughout, he uses the similarities between the ...
This edition presents a fresh, new approach to a Jewish classic. Along with traditional commentaries from Rashi and Maimonides, readers encounter the wisdom of Eugene Borowitz, Emil Fackenheim, Lawrence Kushner, Anne Roiphe, Judith Plaskow, Maurice Eisendrath, and many others. Ideal for college and adult study.
'I know of no work that more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader' - The Key Reporter. 'The appearance in English of nine of Levinas' essays on talmudic discourse, collected and beautifully translated by Aronowicz, is an important occasion...These essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinas' work more ...
Volume VIII, the second part of the Tractate Ketubot, provides sage advice on marriage and family life, with the emphasis this time on legal and financial matters. Postponed from October.
}Fully acknowledging that Judaism, as described in both the Bible and the Talmud, was patriarchal, Judith Hauptman demonstrates that the rabbis of the Talmud made significant changes in key areas of Jewish law in order to benefit women. Reading the texts with feminist sensibilitiesrecognizing that they were written by men and for men and that ...
The Talmud is one of the most important holy books of the Hebrew religion and of the world. No English translation of the book existed until the author presented this work. To this day, very little of the actual text seems available in English -- although we find many interpretive commentaries on what it is supposed to mean. The Talmud has a ...
Contents: Attempting a Definition; The Rise of the Oral Law; Why Oral? The Mishna; The Gemara; Halacha and Aggada (Law and Lore); Who Were the Rabbis? The Religion of the Rabbis; Aspects of Rabbinic Social Teaching; On Justice and Courts; The Denials of Rabbinic Teaching; The Enduring Worth of the Talmud.
Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus - and they're not flattering. In this lucid, richly detailed, and accessible book, Peter Schafer examines how the rabbis of the Talmud read, understood, and used the New Testament Jesus narrative to assert, ...
Pirke Avot is a treasury of maxims on justice, integrity, and virtue, and represents the spiritual teaching of 65 rabbis who spanned the preceding 600 years. For centuries it has been the most widely studied book in Jewish homes. Shapiro's interpretation makes the book's timeless wisdom available to a new generation of Jews and non-Jews alike.
This award-winning English translation of Maimonides' indispensable work has become a classic. In this superb introduction to the Talmud, Maimonides explains the origins, aims, methodology, and spirit of the Talmud and delineates all the Rabbinic sages of the period. Includes the complete Hebrew text of Maimonides' Introduction.
Volume V of this pioneering translation begins Tractate Ketubot which provides sage advice on marriage and family life. Includes the same great features which made the preceeding volumes such spectacular gifts, including ribbon marker, gilt-edged pages, and full-cloth binding. Line-drawings throughout.
Many years of study of Christian origins have convinced some of us that it is impossible to be absolutely certain historically of any objective fact relating to the life of Jesus as handed on by tradition. -from the Foreword How much of the New Testament gospel story is true? This is the stunning question posed-and answered-in this provocative ...
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