The Literature of the Sages, Second Part

by Zeev Safrai

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, published cooperatively with Van Gorcum of Amsterdam. The Literature of the Sages, Second Part, explores the literary creation of thousands of ancient Jewish teachers, the often- anonymous Sages of late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Essays by premier scholars provide a careful and succinct...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080060606X
• ISBN13: 9780800606060
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 772 Pages
• Weight: 2.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"