The formation of the Babylonian Talmud
By: David Weiss Halivni ; introduced, translated, and annotated by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
Contributors: Rubenstein, Jeffrey L., translator, editor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780199739882; 9780199876488
Subjects: Judisk rätt; Introductions; Talmud bavli; Entstehung; Talmud
Work titles: Meḳorot u-masorot (Bava batra). Introduction
Description: 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'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Stammaim; title: The editing of the Talmud; title: Apodictic transmission and dialectical argumentation; title: Compilers and transposers; title: Postscript.