The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture

ISBN-13: 9781009297332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Monika Amsler

Opis

Describes how we should imagine the intellectual and physical formation of the text in the 6th century CE. This is achieved by way of comparison with other more or less contemporary books, thereby describing the work as a product of its own time rather than as its authors aiming at what the Talmud ultimately became: the basis of orthodox Judaism.

Recenzje

'This is an important, provocative, and challenging book. Amsler asks us to set aside what we think we know about the creation of the Babylonian Talmud and to begin again. From information collection, to filing and indexing, to the construction of arguments, Amsler situates the Talmud within the world of book production in the Roman world, and in particular within the production of large compendia in late antiquity, and in the techniques for arrangement and juxtaposition that were essential to literate, rhetorical education.' Hayim Lapin, Professor of History and Robert H. Smith Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Maryland

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Chapter One; 2. Chapter Two; 3. Chapter Three; 4. Chapter Four; 5. Chapter Five.