The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801882654
Subjects: Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Judaism; Jewish - General; History; Religion - Judaism; History: World; General; Judaism - Talmud; History / Jewish
First sentence: The Babylonian Talmud or Bavli, the great compilation of rabbinic tradition edited in Sasanid Mesopotamia in the fifth through seventh centuries C.E., is arguably the most important Jewish text.