A rabbinic anthology
By: selected and arranged with comments and introductions by C. G. Montefiore and H. Loewe, with a prolegomenon by Raphael Loewe.
Contributors: Loewe, H. M. J. 1882-1940, joint ed. and tr.
Publisher: Schocken Books
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 853
Subjects: Aggada -- Translations into English; Midrash -- Translations into English; Jewish ethics
Description: A Rabbinic anthology is a compendium of all those passages in the Talmudic and Midrashic literature that bear on the nature of God, the Law, virtue, prayer, faith, sin, charity, the Messiah, the Last Judgment. It also illuminates rabbinic attitudes toward family, asceticism, hospitality, courtesy, and peace. In short, it is an invaluable and nearly inexhaustible collection containing thousands of stories, parables, and statements of the rabbis. In addition, the editors offer incisive interpretations of the material, and the appendices on rabbinic texts , the glossary, and the detailed indexes contribute to make this the indispensable book of rabbinic source materials for the student. (Back cover).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1938 ed. published by Macmillan, London; with new prolegomenon.