Author: David Weiss Halivni
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199739889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book 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. Halivni presents the summation of a lifetime of scholarship and the conclusions of his multivolume Talmudic commentary, Sources and Traditions (Meqorot umesorot). Arguing against the traditional view that the Talmud was composed c. 450 CE by the last of the named sages in the Talmud, the Amoraim, Halivni proposes that its formation took place over a much longer period of time, not reaching its final form until about 750 CE. The Talmud consists of many literary strata or layers, with later layers constantly commenting upon and reinterpreting earlier layers. The later layers differ qualitatively from the earlier layers, and were composed by anonymous sages whom Halivni calls Stammaim. These sages were the true author-editors of the Talmud, who reconstructed the reasons underpinning earlier rulings, created the dialectical argumentation characteristic of the Talmud, and formulated the literary units that make up the Talmudic text. Halivni also discusses the history and development of rabbinic tradition from the Mishnah through the post-Talmud legal codes, the types of dialectical analysis found in the different rabbinic works, and the roles of reciters, transmitters, compilers, and editors in the composition of the Talmud. This volume contains an introduction and annotations by Jeffrey Rubenstein.
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud
Author: David Weiss Halivni
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199739889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book 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. Halivni presents the summation of a lifetime of scholarship and the conclusions of his multivolume Talmudic commentary, Sources and Traditions (Meqorot umesorot). Arguing against the traditional view that the Talmud was composed c. 450 CE by the last of the named sages in the Talmud, the Amoraim, Halivni proposes that its formation took place over a much longer period of time, not reaching its final form until about 750 CE. The Talmud consists of many literary strata or layers, with later layers constantly commenting upon and reinterpreting earlier layers. The later layers differ qualitatively from the earlier layers, and were composed by anonymous sages whom Halivni calls Stammaim. These sages were the true author-editors of the Talmud, who reconstructed the reasons underpinning earlier rulings, created the dialectical argumentation characteristic of the Talmud, and formulated the literary units that make up the Talmudic text. Halivni also discusses the history and development of rabbinic tradition from the Mishnah through the post-Talmud legal codes, the types of dialectical analysis found in the different rabbinic works, and the roles of reciters, transmitters, compilers, and editors in the composition of the Talmud. This volume contains an introduction and annotations by Jeffrey Rubenstein.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199739889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book 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. Halivni presents the summation of a lifetime of scholarship and the conclusions of his multivolume Talmudic commentary, Sources and Traditions (Meqorot umesorot). Arguing against the traditional view that the Talmud was composed c. 450 CE by the last of the named sages in the Talmud, the Amoraim, Halivni proposes that its formation took place over a much longer period of time, not reaching its final form until about 750 CE. The Talmud consists of many literary strata or layers, with later layers constantly commenting upon and reinterpreting earlier layers. The later layers differ qualitatively from the earlier layers, and were composed by anonymous sages whom Halivni calls Stammaim. These sages were the true author-editors of the Talmud, who reconstructed the reasons underpinning earlier rulings, created the dialectical argumentation characteristic of the Talmud, and formulated the literary units that make up the Talmudic text. Halivni also discusses the history and development of rabbinic tradition from the Mishnah through the post-Talmud legal codes, the types of dialectical analysis found in the different rabbinic works, and the roles of reciters, transmitters, compilers, and editors in the composition of the Talmud. This volume contains an introduction and annotations by Jeffrey Rubenstein.
The Formation of the Talmud
Author: Ari Bergmann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110709961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book examines the talmudic writings, politics, and ideology of Y.I. Halevy (1847-1914), one of the most influential representatives of the pre-war eastern European Orthodox Jewish community. It analyzes Halevy’s historical model of the formation of the Babylonian Talmud, which, he argued, was edited by an academy of rabbis beginning in the fourth century and ending by the sixth century. Halevy's model also served as a blueprint for the rabbinic council of Agudath Israel, the Orthodox political body in whose founding he played a leading role. Foreword by Jay M. Harris, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University and the author of How Do We Know This? Midrash and the Fragmentation of Modern Judaism, among other works.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110709961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book examines the talmudic writings, politics, and ideology of Y.I. Halevy (1847-1914), one of the most influential representatives of the pre-war eastern European Orthodox Jewish community. It analyzes Halevy’s historical model of the formation of the Babylonian Talmud, which, he argued, was edited by an academy of rabbis beginning in the fourth century and ending by the sixth century. Halevy's model also served as a blueprint for the rabbinic council of Agudath Israel, the Orthodox political body in whose founding he played a leading role. Foreword by Jay M. Harris, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University and the author of How Do We Know This? Midrash and the Fragmentation of Modern Judaism, among other works.
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud
Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004508953
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004508953
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud
Author: Daṿid Halivni
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199345038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book 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'.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199345038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book 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'.
Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud
Author: Moulie Vidas
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069117086X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud offers a new perspective on perhaps the most important religious text of the Jewish tradition. It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. Nevertheless, it has been assumed that the ancient rabbis were committed to maintaining continuity with the past. Moulie Vidas argues on the contrary that structural features of the Talmud were designed to produce a discontinuity with tradition, and that this discontinuity was part and parcel of the rabbis' self-conception. Both this self-conception and these structural features were part of a debate within and beyond the Jewish community about the transmission of tradition. Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud, produced in the rabbinic academies of late ancient Mesopotamia, Vidas analyzes key passages to show how the Talmud's creators contrasted their own voice with that of their predecessors. He also examines Zoroastrian, Christian, and mystical Jewish sources to reconstruct the debates and wide-ranging conversations that shaped the Talmud's literary and intellectual character.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069117086X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud offers a new perspective on perhaps the most important religious text of the Jewish tradition. It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. Nevertheless, it has been assumed that the ancient rabbis were committed to maintaining continuity with the past. Moulie Vidas argues on the contrary that structural features of the Talmud were designed to produce a discontinuity with tradition, and that this discontinuity was part and parcel of the rabbis' self-conception. Both this self-conception and these structural features were part of a debate within and beyond the Jewish community about the transmission of tradition. Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud, produced in the rabbinic academies of late ancient Mesopotamia, Vidas analyzes key passages to show how the Talmud's creators contrasted their own voice with that of their predecessors. He also examines Zoroastrian, Christian, and mystical Jewish sources to reconstruct the debates and wide-ranging conversations that shaped the Talmud's literary and intellectual character.
New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud: Rodkinson, M. L. The history of the Talmud from the time of its formation, about 200 B. C., up to the present time. [Appended:] Synopsis of subjects
Author: Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud: The history of the Talmud from the time of its formation, about 200 B.C., up to the present time. c1903
Author: Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The history of the Talmud from the time of its formation, about 200 B .C., up to the present time
Author: Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The history of the Talmud from the time of the formation, about 200 B.C., up to the present time
Author: Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The History of the Talmud, from the Time of Its Formation, about 200 B. C., Up to the Present Time ...
Author: Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Talmud
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description