Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought
Subtitle: An Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780199296736
Subjects: Judaism; The Bible; Theology; Judaism - Talmud; Religion / Judaism / Theology; Judaism - Theology; Religion; Religion - Judaism; History and criticism; Rabbinical literature
Description: "Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought provides a comprehensive, non-technical, and theoretically informed introduction to the nature of rabbinic thought and the literary evidence we have for it. There are user-friendly tables, a glossary, and translated Sample Texts representing the Mishnah, exegetical Midrash, the talmudic sugya, and the rabbinic homily. The book is accessible to all readers, as no prior knowledge of rabbinic Judaism is presupposed."--BOOK JACKET.