The Babylonian Talmud: A Translation and Commentary, 22 Vol. Set

Jacob Heusner

ISBN 10: 1565637070 / ISBN 13: 9781565637078

Published by Hendrickson, 2005

About this Item

Complete 22 volume set. All books have been individually examined for quality. Whatever imperfections could be found are noted below: Volume 10 has a tiny piece of debris stuck to cover. Volume 15 has a faint orange/brown mark on the page edge. Volume 20 has a smudge on top page edge. Volume 21 has a red/black pen mark on the top page edge. Volume 22 has a faint pale stain on the front cover, a wrinkle in the spine binding, and a bit of shelf wear on the bottom edge of the spine/hinge area.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Babylonian Talmud: A Translation and Commentary, 22 Vol. Set
• Publisher: Hendrickson
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565637070
• ISBN 13: 9781565637078
• Binding: Hard cover
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion & Theology

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Synopsis

The Talmud of Babylonia (a.k.a., the Bavli, or Babylonian Talmud), is a sustained commentary on the written and oral law of Israel. Compiled between 500–600 C.E., it offers a magnificent record of how Jewish scholars preserved a humane and enduring civilization. Representing the primary document of rabbinic Judaism, it throws considerable light on the New Testament as well.

This monumental English translation was completed nearly a decade ago— but was extraordinarily expensive and difficult to find. Now all 37 Talmudic tractates are available in an affordable 22-volume reprint. Featuring commentary and new introductions by Jacob Neusner, it also includes the full content on CD-ROM.

Features • Presented in an analytical format that makes logical units easier to follow • Mishnah passages are set in bold type • Passages translated from Aramaic are set in italics • 22 attractive hardcover volumes • Includes the full set on CD-ROM for effortless searching and research

About the Talmud The Hebrew Scriptures contain many hundreds of laws both religious and civil. They concern the Temple (in Exodus), the priesthood (in Leviticus), the Temple offerings and other rites (in Numbers), and the social order of Israel (in Deuteronomy). These may rightly be called the written law (Torah). The oral law is the extension of these precepts to cover all of life and its contingencies. The oral law (or Mishnah) was written down by rabbinic sages about 200 C.E. With the Talmud, Jewish sages systematized the laws in Scripture together with those of the oral tradition. While the Mishnah records rules governing the conduct of the holy life of Israel, the Talmud concerns itself with the details of the Mishnah. Israel’s oral law found its definitive expression in the Talmud.

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. Editor of the three-volume Encyclopaedia of Judaism, he has published more than nine hundred books and innumerable articles.