Title: The formation of the Babylonian Talmud /
Authors: Halivni, Daṿid.; Rubenstein, Jeffrey L.,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Talmud. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jewish law Interpretation and construction
Abstract: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein offers a translation from the Hebrew of 'The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud' by David Weiss Halivni. Halivni's work is widely regarded as the most comprehensive scholarly examination of the processes of composition and editing of the 'Babylonian Talmud'.
Contents: The Stammaim -- The editing of the Talmud -- Apodictic transmission and dialectical argumentation -- Compilers and transposers -- Postscript.