The stabilization of rabbinic culture, 100 CE-350 CE
Subtitle: texts on education and their late antique context
By: Marc Hirshman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195387742
Subjects: Talmud -- History; Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425; Jewish learning and scholarship -- History -- To 1500; Jewish religious education -- History -- To 1500; Tannaim; Amoraim; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Middle East -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contours of rabbinic study: an introduction; title: Learning, speech and thought in late antiquity; title: Sifre Deuteronomy: the precariousness of oral Torah; title: A talmudic primer on education (Eruvin 53a-55a); title: Cultures in conflict (Avoda zara 18b-19b); title: Education and accountability: (Bava batra 20b-22a ); title: Teaching with authority: a comparative view; title: The stabilization of rabbinic culture; title: Appendix I: a survey of secondary literature on education and literacy in rabbinic literature; title: Appendix II: portraits of Jewish sages engaged in study.