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The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,804
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The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover): David Weiss Halivni

The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover)

David Weiss Halivni; Translated by Jeffrey L Rubenstein

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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.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2013
First published: August 2013
Authors: David Weiss Halivni (Professor Emeritus of Classical Jewish Civilization)
Translators: Jeffrey L Rubenstein (Skirball Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Literature)
Dimensions: 241 x 162 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-973988-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
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LSN: 0-19-973988-9
Barcode: 9780199739882

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