Wisdom of the Talmud - Couverture souple

BOKSER, BEN Z; Bokser, Ben Z.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806522550 ISBN 13 : 9780806522555

Editeur : Citadel, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Bokser Ben Zion

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

“Formidable in size, written in a difficult Aramaic, elusive in many of its discussions, the Talmud has long been an enigma to many. Can the average reader get some idea of what this vast literature is all about, of the men who produced it, of the ideas which inspired them? Can we open a window to permit the modern reader to behold the world of the Talmud, its culture, its way of life?”

An excellent and highly readable introduction to the Talmud for contemporary readers.

The literature of the Talmud represents approximately a thousand years of Jewish thought. Its foundations were laid by the work of Ezra during the middle of the forth century B.C.E, in the community of the returned exiles from Babylonia, who inaugurated the second Jewish commonwealth in Palestine. Its period of greatest productivity came in the centuries that followed the disastrous Jewish war against Rome in 70 C.E. The Talmud is not an independent literature however. It proceeds instead as a supplement to the Bible. The Bible remained the fundamental source of belief and practice in Judaism, but the Talmud was its authoritative exposition and implementation.

The position of the Talmud in Jewish life has been paramount. It was studied zealously by young and old alike, who found in it the authoritative word concerning the true meaning of Scripture. The lighter side of the Talmud, its parables, its ethical aphorisms, its legendary tales, delighted the common people. The more serious side, the subtle discussions of law, were a welcome outlet for the intellectual interests of the learned.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE TALMUD AS LITERATURE

THE FORERUNNERS OF THE TALMUD

THE TALMUD IN ITS HISTORICAL SETTING

THE THEOLOGICAL ELEMENTS IN THE TALMUD

SOCIAL ETHICS IN THE TALMUD

PERSONAL MORALITY IN THE TALMUD

THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE TALMUD

HUMAN WISDOM IN THE TALMUD

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a highly readable introduction to the Talmud, the age-old storehouse of Jewish wisdom. Bokser covers the long history of the Talmud, from its origin in the Babylonian exile, its growth through the five centuries after the Roman destruction of the Temple, and the later persecution of the Talmud. The book covers a number of high-level topics, including social ethics and personal morality, with numerous examples from the Talmud. Ben Zion Bokser was one of the major Conservative rabbis of America. He stressed the Rabbinic sages and the Talmud as the source of Judaism. "This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible. It is, of course, a fallacious impression. Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." Bokser affirms revelation, but revelation is always framed in humans by man. "Man receives a divine communication when the divine spirit rests on him, but man must give form to that communication."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Citadel
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806522550
• ISBN 13: 9780806522555
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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