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Forms of rabbinic literature and thought : an introduction /

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Surveying the corpus of rabbinic literature, written in Hebrew and Aramaic and which contains the foundations of Judaism, in particular the Talmud, this book explains why the character of the texts is crucial to an understanding of rabbinic thought, and why they pose problems to modern, Western-educ...

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Main Author:	Samely, Alexander
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Rabbinical literature > History and criticism. Littérature rabbinique > Histoire et critique. RELIGION > Judaism > Talmud. Rabbinical literature Rabbinische Literatur Rabbijnse literatuur. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Einführung.
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