Understanding the Talmud: A Modern Reader's Guide for Study

by Edward S. Boraz

Book Overview

In Understanding the Talmud: A Modern Reader's Guide for Study, Rabbi Edward S. Boraz presents a thoughtful introduction to the Talmud designed for study by the untrained reader. Using a unique approach, Rabbi Boraz focuses on a specific selection from one tractate of the Talmud, allowing readers to uncover the moral and theological concerns of the text. The portion he has selected comes from the tractate Bava Metziah and deals with the conditions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568216165
• ISBN13: 9781568216164
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"