Title: Introduction: The Talmud, Rabbinic Literature, and Jewish Culture
Abstract:The Babylonian Talmud (Hebr. Talmud Bavli) is without doubt the most prominent text of rabbinic Judaism's traditional literature. Indeed, the simple phrase “the Talmud says” often stands as a kind of ...The Babylonian Talmud (Hebr. Talmud Bavli) is without doubt the most prominent text of rabbinic Judaism's traditional literature. Indeed, the simple phrase “the Talmud says” often stands as a kind of shorthand for any teaching found anywhere in the vast rabbinic corpus surviving from Late Antiquity. Among Jews, of course, the Talmud has been revered, studied, and commented upon over and over again for more than a millennium. But preoccupation - even obsession - with the Talmud has extended at times beyond the borders of traditional rabbinic communities as well. Christian theologians and historians have on occasion viewed the Talmud, much more than the Hebrew Bible itself, as encapsulating the spiritual and intellectual core of Judaism.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-05-28
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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