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1	Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today more books like this by Barry W Holtz add to wishlist The ancient rabbis believed that the world rests on three pillars: study, worship, and good deeds. It is said that the greatest of these is study, for it leads to the other two. But exactly how does the modern Jewish reader go about studying the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash - the great ancient and often hard-to-comprehend texts of our tradition? ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $12.59! \| SVS
2	Strife of the Spirit more books like this by Adin Steinsaltz, Rabbi add to wishlist 41.95 see all copies from $10.96! new only from $38.00! \| first editions
3	Maimonides' Introduction to the Talmud more books like this by Zvi Lampel (Translator), Rabbi Zvi Lampel (Translator) add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
4	Torah and Canon more books like this by James A Sanders add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Uniting the Dual Torah: Sifra and the Problem of the Mishnah more books like this by Professor Jacob Neusner, PH.D. add to wishlist In this book Jacob Neusner analyzes the text of Sifra, a commentary on the book of Leviticus, arguing that Sifra should be understood as successfully relating the Mishnah, the authoritative writing down of the Oral Torah, to Jewish Scripture, or the written Torah. Neusner shows how Sifra's authors adopted a mediating position between the written ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $12.98! \| first editions
6	Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition more books like this by Elizabeth Shanks Alexander add to wishlist Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander has developed a model of transmission that is both active and ... see all copies from $29.00! new only from $31.72!
7	Gateway to the Talmud: A Rosh Yeshivah Introduces the History, Development and Principles of Torah She'b'al Peh - From Moses to the Besht and Vilna more books like this by Me'ir Tsevi Bergman, T Z Arem (Editor), R N Kasnett (Translator) add to wishlist A leading rosh yeshivah traces the origin and development of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Gemara, the Rabbanan Savorai and the Geonim; tranlations of Talmudic terms; the guideline for deciding halachah in Talmudic disputes. see all copies from $13.60! new only from $21.50!
8	Finding Our Way more books like this by Barry W Holtz add to wishlist This engaging introduction to Jewish learning shows how people living in today's secular world can use the ancient, sacred texts of Judaism--the Talmud, Mishnah, and Midrash--to address essential personal and contemporary concerns. "Informative and well-written".--Michael Fishbane, University of Chicago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Essays in Jewish Theology more books like this by Samuel S. Cohon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.82! \| first editions
10	Jewish Law in Gentile Churches more books like this by Markus Bockmuehl add to wishlist This text examines the halakhic rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul and the early Christians. It asks questions such as: why did the Gentile church keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry, but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity? see all copies from $61.20! new only from $114.97!
11	Engaging Modernity more books like this by Dr. Moshe Sokol add to wishlist 51.95 see all copies from $29.09! new only from $56.90! \| SVS
12	The Oral Torah: The Sacred Books of Judaism: An Introduction more books like this by Professor Jacob Neusner, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $26.61! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Jewish Law in Gentile Churches: Halakhah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics more books like this by Markus Bockmuehl add to wishlist Examines the Jewish legal tradition behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul, and early Christians--like why they kept some Old Testament commandments and disregarded others. see all copies from $18.00! new only from $18.09! \| first editions \| SVS
14	This is the Torah more books like this by Alfred J Kolatch, Rabbi add to wishlist Utilizes a question and answer format to address over 500 questions frequently asked about the most sacred Jewish text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $97.02! \| first editions
15	Heirs of the Pharisees more books like this by Jakob Josef Petuchowski add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers more books like this by Adriane Leveen add to wishlist In Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers, Adriane Leveen offers a rereading of the fourth book of Moses. Leveen examines how the editors of Numbers created a narrative of the forty-year journey through the wilderness to control understanding of the past and influence attitudes in the future. The book explores politics, collective memory and ... see all copies from $74.02! new only from $74.02! \| SVS
17	Ever since Sinai; a modern view of Torah more books like this by Jakob Josef Petuchowski add to wishlist see all copies from $4.39! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Rabbinic Authority more books like this by Michael S Berger add to wishlist This book examines the nature and sources of the unique authority accorded in Judaism to the Sages of the first five centuries AD. These teachers-often referred to reverentially as Chazal, a Hebrew acronym for "our Sages of blessed memory"-occupy a central and unrivalled position in traditional Judaism. Their statements, collected in the vast ... see all copies from $75.29! new only from $75.29! \| SVS
19 view cover	Maimonides on 'Decline of Generati more books like this by Menachem Marc Kellner add to wishlist Moses Maimonides, medieval Judaism's leading legist and philosopher, and a figure of central importance for contemporary Jewish self-understanding, held a view of Judaism which maintained the authority of the Talmudic rabbis in matters of Jewish law while allowing for free and open inquiry in matters of science and philosophy. Maimonides affirmed, ... see all copies from $19.73! new only from $19.73! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Study of Talmud: Understanding the Halachic Mind more books like this by Abraham H Rabinowitz add to wishlist 51.95 see all copies from $17.99! new only from $42.68!
21	The student's guide through the Talmud more books like this by Zevi Hirsch Chajes, Jacob Shachter add to wishlist see all copies from $26.90! new only from $26.90! \| first editions
22	First Principles of Systemic Analysis: The Case of Judaism Within the History of Religion more books like this by Jacob Neusner add to wishlist 44.50 see all copies from $16.08!
23	A critical edition with a translation and notes of the Book of tradition (Sefer ha-qabbalah) more books like this by Abraham ben David Ibn Daud, Halevi, Gerson D. Cohen add to wishlist see all copies from $35.00! first editions
24	Living Traditions more books like this by Itzik Becher add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
25	Why No Gospels in Talmudic Judaism? more books like this by Jacob Neusner add to wishlist 36.95 see all copies from $8.95! new only from $19.40!

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