The Literature of the Sages, Part One: Oral Torah, Halakha, Mishna, Tosefta, Talmud, External Tracta

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The literary creation of the ancient Jewish teachers or Sages - also called rabbinic literature - consists of the teachings of thousands of Sages, many of them anonymous. For a long period, their teachings existed orally, which implied a great deal of tlex- ibility in arrangement and form. Only grad- ually, as parts of this amorphous oral tradi- tion became fixed, was the literature written down, a process that began in the third cen- tury c.1s. and continued into the Middle Ages. Thus the documents of rabbinic litera- ture are the result of a remarkably long and complex process of creation and editing. This volume gives a careful and succinct analysis both of the content and specific nature of the various documents, and of their textual and literary forms, paying spe- cial attention to the continuing discovery and publication of new textual material. The contributors are all engaged in academic teaching and research in Israel. Incorporat- ing ground-breaking developments in research, their essays give a comprehensive presentation published here for the first time.

The Literature of the Sages is an important study and reference work for all students of ancient Judaism, as well as for those in- terested in the origins of Jewish tradition and the Jewish background of Christianity.

The Literature of the Sages is an important study and reference work for all students of ancient Judaism, as well as for those in-
terested in the origins of Jewish tradition and the Jewish background of Christianity.

Author:Shmuel Safrai, Fortress Press, 1987
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The Literature of the Sages, Part One: Oral Torah, Halakha, Mishna, Tosefta, Talmud, External Tracta

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