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Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash » (1st Fortress Press ed)

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Authors: Hermann L. Strack, Gunter Stemberger, Jacob Neusner
ISBN-13: 9780800625245, ISBN-10: 0800625242
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Date Published: June 1992
Edition: 1st Fortress Press ed

Author Biography: Hermann L. Strack

Book Synopsis

Readers will note a number of significant changes. Most importantly, the present text substantially represents the eighth German edition published by Gunter Stemberger in 1992.

Booknews

Reprint of the T. & T. Clark (Scot.) edition of 1991 with a new (14 pp.) foreword. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Translator's Note
	Foreword
	Preface
Pt. 1	General Introduction
I	The Historical Framework	1
II	The Rabbinic School System	9
III	Rabbinical Hermeneutics	17
IV	Oral and Written Tradition	35
V	Handling Rabbinic Texts: The Problem of Method	50
VI	The Rabbis	62
VII	Languages of Rabbinic Literature	111
Pt. 2	Talmudic Literature
I	The Mishnah	119
II	The Tosefta	167
III	The Palestinian Talmud	182
IV	The Babylonian Talmud	208
V	The Extracanonical Tractates	245
Pt. 3	Midrashim
I	Introduction	254
II	The Halakhic Midrashim	269
III	The Oldest Exegetical Midrashim	300
IV	Homiletic Midrashim	313
V	Midrashim on the Five Megillot	342
VI	Other Exegetical Midrashim	350
VII	Other Haggadic Works	354
VIII	Compilations: Commentaries called 'Midrash'	383
	Appendix	395
	Abbreviations	400
	Index of Subjects	405
	Index of Passages	436
	Index of Names	451

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