Intellectual Templates of the Law of Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: March 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9780761833956
Subjects: Judaism; Religion; Religion - Judaism; Judaism - Talmud; Religion / General; Judaism - Sacred Writings; Judaism - General; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Jewish law; Philosophy; Talmud; General
Description: "What purpose information? Facing a vast corpus of facts, the heirs of the Mishnah answered this question by showing the cogency of data. They adopted analytical templates that transcended details and transformed the Mishnah's collection of topical expositions into a system of law. This was accomplished in the Bavli, the Talmud of Babylonia, which systematized and imposed an orderly program on the numerous subjects treated by the Mishnah."--BOOK JACKET.