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The Oral Torah; The Sacred Books of Judaism : An Introduction »

Authors: Jacob Neusner
ISBN-13: 9781555406387, ISBN-10: 1555406386
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of South Florida
Date Published: January 1991
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Abbreviations
	Introduction: The Argument of this Book and How It Unfolds
1	The Oral Torah Written Down: The Mishnah	1
2	The Mishnah and the Tosefta	29
3	The Theory of Tradition of the Oral Torah: Pirqe Avot (Sayings of the Fathers)	45
4	Explaining the Oral Torah: The Sifra and the Yerushalmi (The Talmud of the Land of Israel)	66
5	Recasting the Written Torah as the Oral Torah: Leviticus Rabbah	88
6	The Written Torah and the Oral Torah in Conclusion: The Bavli (The Talmud of Babylonia)	129
7	Our Sages of Blessed Memory: Torah in the Flesh	150
8	The Torah, the Dual Torah, and the Oral Torah	171
	Appendix. The Contents of the Oral Torah: A Topical Outline of The Mishnah	188
	Bibliography	217
	Glossary	222
	Index to Biblical and Talmudic References	225
	General Index	235