From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia

by E.Segal (Author)

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  2005

  $28.40

  The Bible has always been vital to Jewish religious life. Many teachings are collected in the Babylonian Talmud . However, many of the Talmud's interpretations of biblical passages appear bizarre or pointless. This book tries to explain this phenomenon by examining representative passages from a variety of methodological approaches.