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The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud

Name: The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780801882654
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By Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: November 14, 2005
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 248

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The author reconstructs the cultural milieu of the rabbinic academy that produced the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, which quickly became the authoritative text of rabbinic Judaism and remains so to this day.

Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and ConventionsTractatesIntroduction1. The Rabbinic Academy2. Dialectics3. Violence4. Shame5. Lineage and Rabbinic Leadership6. Wives7. Elitism: The Sages and the Amei ha'arets8. Conclusion: The Legacy of the StammaimNotesSelected BibliographyGeneral IndexSource Index

""Rubenstein remains a dynamic, productive scholar, whose future works should be looked forward to with anticipation and interest.""

The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud

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