Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash

by Strack, Hermann L.

• ISBN13: 9780800625245
• ISBN10: 0800625242
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Gunter Stemberger's revision of H. L. Strack's classic introduction to rabbinic literature, which appeared in its first English edition in 1991, was widely acclaimed. Gunter Stemberger and Markus Bockmuehl have now produced this updated edition, which is a significant revision (completed in 1996) of the 1991 volume. Following Strack's original outline, Stemberger discusses first the historical framework, the basic principles of rabbinic literature and hermeneutics and the most important Rabbis. The main part of the book is devoted to the Talmudic and Midrashic literature in the light of contemporary rabbinic research. The appendix includes a new section on electronic resources for the study of the Talmud and Midrash. The result is a comprehensive work of reference that no student of rabbinics can afford to be without.

Table of Contents

Translator's Note
Foreword
Preface
General Introduction
The Historical Framework	p. 1
The Rabbinic School System	p. 9
Rabbinical Hermeneutics	p. 17
Oral and Written Tradition	p. 35
Handling Rabbinic Texts: The Problem of Method	p. 50
The Rabbis	p. 62
Languages of Rabbinic Literature	p. 111
Talmudic Literature
The Mishnah	p. 119
The Tosefta	p. 167
The Palestinian Talmud	p. 182
The Babylonian Talmud	p. 208
The Extracanonical Tractates	p. 245
Midrashim
Introduction	p. 254
The Halakhic Midrashim	p. 269
The Oldest Exegetical Midrashim	p. 300
Homiletic Midrashim	p. 313
Midrashim on the Five Megillot	p. 342
Other Exegetical Midrashim	p. 350
Other Haggadic Works	p. 354
Compilations: Commentaries called 'Midrash'	p. 383
Appendix	p. 395
Abbreviations	p. 400
Index of Subjects	p. 405
Index of Passages	p. 436
Index of Names	p. 451
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