Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought PDF Author: Alexander Samely
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199296731
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Book Description
Surveying the corpus of rabbinic literature, written in Hebrew and Aramaic and which contains the foundations of Judaism, in particular the Talmud, this book explains why the character of the texts is crucial to an understanding of rabbinic thought, and why they pose problems to modern, Western-educated readers.