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The Talmud - Selected Writings (Paperback)
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"Paulist Press deserves credit for adding this new dimension to
interfaith dialogue." The Jewish Spectator The Talmud: Selected
Writings translated by Ben Zion Bokser introduced by Ben Zion
Bokser and Baruch M. Bokser preface by Robert Goldenberg "Study
with all your heart and soul that you may know God's ways and be
attentive to His Torah. Guard His Torah in your heart and keep the
fear of Him before your eyes. Guard your lips from every sin, and
purify and sanctify yourself from fault and wrongdoing, and God
will be with you everywhere." From "The Tractate Berakhot" In the
first through the sixth centuries of the common era, successive
circles of rabbis in the Holy Land and Babylonia developed Rabbinic
Judaism. Transforming the biblical Temple-oriented form of Judaism,
they shaped a vision of Judaism centered around the piety of
following and studying the Torah to achieve a sense of the divine
in this world. This piety entailed both an intellectual and
emotional dimension that spoke to individuals and that affected the
developing synagogues and local communities of Jews. The rabbinic
teachings were eventually compiled into the Talmud and Midrash in a
manner that perpetuated the piety of study. These works do not
offer clear cut decisions but invite the reader into the text to
join in a chorus of voices and alternatives pursuing a discussion
on the meaning of the Torah and what the divine demands of men and
women in their everyday world. This version of Judaism soon became
"classical" and would remain formative until modern times. The
present volume provides an introduction to the spirituality of this
movement. After reviewing the historical and religious background
of the Talmud and how it treats diverse spheres of human life, the
volume lets the Talmud speak in its own words. With extensive
selections from the Talmud, it enables the reader to enter its
world as it addresses the proper way of approaching and
experiencing life.
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