Esntl Talmud - Couverture rigide

Steinsaltz, Adin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0465020607 ISBN 13 : 9780465020607

Editeur : Basic Books, 1976

Synopsis

Book by Adin Steinsaltz

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is internationally regarded as one of the leading scholars and rabbis of this century. His education includes a degree in mathematics from Hebrew University, in addition to his rabbinic studies. Rabbi Steinsaltz founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications; under its aegis, he has published fifty-eight books on the Talmud, Jewish mysticism, religious thought, sociology, historical biography, and philosophy. His biography of the famed Rabbi Menachem Schneerson will be published in 2007. These books have been translated into Russian, English, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Japanese, and Dutch. He lives in Jerusalem.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to the great repository of Jewish wisdom, the Talmud. A book of profound scholarship and concise pedagogy, The Essential Talmud succinctly describes the Talmuds history, structure, and methodology. It summarizes the Talmuds main principles, demonstrates its contemporary relevance, and captures the spirit of this unique and paradoxical sacred text as a human expression of divine law.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0465020607
• ISBN 13: 9780465020607
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible