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Early Rabbinic Writings

Early Rabbinic Writings

Early Rabbinic Writings

Hyam MacCoby
May 1988
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    Rabbinic texts are often cited in New Testament and Old Testament studies, but hitherto there has been no easy way for a student to grasp the scope and variety of the relevant rabbinic writings. This book introduces the student to the full range of the early rabbinic writings, with a thorough introduction and notes, so that both a bird's eye view of the literature as well as close aquaintance with typical and important texts can be obtained. This will enable the reader to embark on further study with a clearer orientation. The book also aims to correct many mistaken views about rabbinic Judaism arising from outdated conceptions of the relation between Christianity and Judaism.

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    May 1988
    Paperback
    9780521285537
    272 pages
    229 × 152 × 19 mm
    0.57kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. The Rabbinic Literature:
    • 1. Introduction The Oral Torah Canonicity
    • 2. The style of the rabbinic writings
    • 3. Pharisees and Sadducees 4. Pharisees and rabbis
    • 5. The historical background
    • 6. Halakah and Haggadah
    • 7. Haggadah and Midrash
    • 8. Mishnah and Midrash
    • 9. The Targums
    • 10. The Mishnah
    • 11. The Tosephta
    • 12. The liturgy
    • 13. The Midrashim Miscellaneous works
    • 14. The main rabbinic figures
    • 15. The main ideas of the early rabbinic literature
    • Part II. Selected Passages:
    • 16. The Mishnah
    • 17. The Tosephta
    • 18. The Tannaitic Midrashim
    • 19. Tannaitic passages in the Talmud (baraitas)
    • 20. The Targums
    • 21. Liturgy
    • 22. History
    • 22. Haggadic Midrashim
    • 23. Mystical literature.
      Author
    • Hyam MacCoby