Talmudic Images

by Steinsaltz, Adin

• ISBN13: 9781592642953
• ISBN10: 1592642950
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Toby Pr

Summary

The Talmud is a unique repository of passionate debate among generations of Jewish sages. We may be familiar with the names Hillel, Shammai, Yohanan Ben Zakkai and others, and perhaps we understand the schools of thought they represent. But who were these Talmudic figures? What do we know about their personalities, their inner lives, the historical contexts in which they lived?

Table of Contents

Editor's Note	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Hillel the Elder	p. 1
Shammai the Elder	p. 9
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai	p. 17
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hanania	p. 27
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanus	p. 35
Elisha ben Avuya	p. 43
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi ("Rebbi")	p. 51
Rav	p. 59
Shmuel	p. 65
Rabbi Yohanan	p. 71
Resh Lakish	p. 79
Abaye	p. 85
Rav Ashi	p. 93
Appendices	p. 99
Glossary	p. 101
Annotated Bibliography	p. 109
A Historical Framework	p. 113
Index	p. 117
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