The literature of the sages.

The literature of the sages. Part 2, Midrash and Targum, liturgy, poetry, mysticism, contracts, inscriptions, ancient science and the languages of rabbinic literature /

This long-awaited companion volume to The Literature of the Sages , First Part (Fortress Press, 1987) brings to completion Section II of the renowned Compendia series. The Literature of the Sages, Second Part, explores the literary creation of thousands of ancient Jewish teachers, the often- anonymo...

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Other Authors: Safrai, Shemuel, 1919-2003.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Assen : Philadelphia : Royal Van Gorcum ; Fortress Press, 2006.

Series: Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum 2/3/2.
Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum Special E-Book Collection, 1974-2014, ISBN: 9789004280090.

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Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Jewish religious literature > History and criticism.
Jewish religious literature.
Rabbinical literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: BM496.6 .L58 2006

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material /
  • Shmuel Safrai , Zeev Safrai , Peter J. Tomson and Joshua Schwartz
  • The Halakhic Midrashim /
  • Menahem I. Kahana
  • Aggadic Midrash /
  • Marc Hirshman
  • The Works of Aggadic Midrash and the Esther Midrashim /
  • Myron B. Lerner
  • Seder Olam /
  • Chaim Milikowsky
  • The Targums as Part of Rabbinic Literature /
  • Zeev Safrai
  • Prayers and Berakhot /
  • Joseph Tabory
  • The Passover Haggada /
  • Joseph Tabory
  • Megillat Taanit - The Scroll of Fasting /
  • Vered Noam
  • Piyyut /
  • Ezra Fleischer
  • 'Syriac for Dirges, Hebrew for Speech' - Ancient Jewish Poetry in Aramaic and Hebrew /
  • Joseph Yahalom
  • Mystical Texts /
  • Michael D. Swartz
  • Contracts: Rabbinic Literature and Ancient Jewish Documents /
  • Mordechai A. Friedman
  • Jewish Inscriptions and Their Use /
  • Jonathan J. Price and Haggai Misgav
  • Medical Interest in Ancient Rabbinic Literature /
  • Samuel S. Kottek
  • Geography and Cosmography in Talmudic Literature /
  • Zeev Safrai
  • Biology in Rabbinic Literature: Fact and Folklore /
  • Abraham Ofir Shemesh
  • The Sages and the Occult /
  • Yuval Harari
  • Mishnaic Hebrew: An Introductory Survey /
  • Moshe Bar-Asher
  • The Aramaic of the Talmudic Period /
  • Yohanan Breuer
  • Rabbinic Knowledge of Greek /
  • Daniel Sperber
  • Abbreviations /
  • Shmuel Safrai , Zeev Safrai , Peter J. Tomson and Joshua Schwartz
  • Cumulative Bibliography /
  • Shmuel Safrai , Zeev Safrai , Peter J. Tomson and Joshua Schwartz
  • Indices /
  • Shmuel Safrai , Zeev Safrai , Peter J. Tomson and Joshua Schwartz.