The Aggada of the Bavli and its cultural world

"The Babylonian Talmud, the great compilation of Jewish law edited in the seventh century CE, also contains a great deal of aggada, that is, non-legal material, including interpretations of the Bible, stories, folk sayings and prayers. The Talmud's aggadic traditions contain echoes of the...

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Otros Autores: Herman, Geoffrey (-), Rubenstein, Jeffrey L.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies [2018]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Brown Judaic Studies ; Number 362.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:"The Babylonian Talmud, the great compilation of Jewish law edited in the seventh century CE, also contains a great deal of aggada, that is, non-legal material, including interpretations of the Bible, stories, folk sayings and prayers. The Talmud's aggadic traditions contain echoes of the conversations with the surrounding cultures of the Persians, other Iranian peoples, Eastern Christians, Manichaeans, Mandaeans, and the ancient Babylonians. The essays in this volume analyze Bavli aggada to reveal this rich engagement of the Talmud and its cultural world"--
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9781946527103