History of the Talmud

There is no more influential Jewish work than the Talmud. Discover its history and enduring impact in this book.

List of contents

1. Why a history of the Talmud?; 2. Before the rabbis; 3. The emergence of the Mishnah; 4. What is the Mishnah?; 5. The reception of the Mishnah; 6. The first Talmud: the Yerushalmi; 7. Jews in Babylonia and the emergence of the Babylonian Talmud (the Balvi); 8. What is the Balvi?; 9. The reception of the Balvi; 10. The Talmud and early modernity; 11. The Talmud in modernity and beyond.

About the author

David C. Kraemer is Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. He is the author of Mind of the Talmud (1990) and Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages (2008).

Product details

• Authors: David Kraemer, David C. Kraemer, David C. (Jewish Theological Seminary Kraemer, Kraemer David C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781108481366
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48136-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Judaism