Grains of Truth

Grains of Truth

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Fogel, Joshua A.
Hamilton Books
EAN: 9780761863021
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Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., Judaism faced a serious crossroads. The rabbis of late antiquity spent the next few centuries immersed in extensive debates in an effort to create an ethical and practical basis for a Torah-based faith. Their discussions constitute the bulk of what we know as the Talmud. This collection is not only massive; it is forbidding difficult, having accumulated numerous commentaries over the centuries since it first appeared. Recent translations have made it somewhat more accessible to English-language readers, but textual difficulties remain. This volume looks at tractate Menachot (grain offerings), which is concerned mostly with grain offered at the Temple (when it stood) to atone for various misdeeds. Joshua A. Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain and humanize the text for contemporary readers.
EAN 9780761863021
ISBN 0761863028
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavateľ Hamilton Books
Dátum vydania 31. decembra 2013
Stránky 390
Jazyk English
Krajina United States
Autori Fogel, Joshua A.