The Talmud: A Biography

by Barry Scott Wimpfheimer

Book Overview

The life and times of an enduring work of Jewish spirituality

The Babylonian Talmud, a postbiblical Jewish text that is part scripture and part commentary, is an unlikely bestseller. Written in a hybrid of Hebrew and Aramaic, it is often ambiguous to the point of incomprehension, and its subject matter reflects a narrow scholasticism that should hardly have broad appeal. Yet the Talmud has remained in print for centuries and is more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691209227
• ISBN13: 9780691209227
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"