Displaying 1 of 1 1976 Format: Book Author: Steinsaltz, Adin. author. Title: The essential Talmud / Adin Steinsaltz ; translated from the Hebrew by Chaya Galai. Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, ©1976. Description: vi, 296 pages ; 22 cm Summary: An Israeli rabbi and scholar conveys the spirit of the Talmud as he treats its composition, traditions, structure, and laws. Subjects: Talmud -- Introductions. Other Author: Galai, Chaya, translator. Other Title: Talmud la-kol. English Notes: Includes index. Translation of ha-Talmud la-kol. Contents: History. What is the Talmud? ; The oral law : the first generations ; The oral law : the era of the zugot (pairs) ; The Tannaim ; The compilation of the Mishnah ; The Amoraim in Babylonia ; The Amoraim in Palestine ; The redaction of the Babylonian Talmud ; Talmudic exegesis ; The printing of the Talmud ; The persecution and banning of the Talmud -- Structure and content. The structure of the Talmud ; The subject matter of the Talmud ; Prayers and benedictions ; The Sabbath ; The festivals ; Marriage and divorce ; The status of women ; Civil law ; Criminal law ; Sacrifices ; Dietary laws ; Ritual purity and impurity ; Ethics and Halakhah ; Derekh eretz (deportment) ; The world of mysticism -- Method. Midrash (Halakhic exegesis) ; The Talmudic way of thinking ; Strange and bizarre problems ; Methods of study ; The Talmud and the Halakhah ; Aggadah in the Talmud ; What is a scholar? ; The Talmud's importance for the people ; The Talmud has never been completed -- Appendix : order and tractates of the Mishnah and Talmud. LCCN: 75036384 ISBN: 9780465020607 0465020631 9780465020638 0465020607 Other Number: 1975959 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 37891 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 296.12 Steinsal Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
