Introduction To The Talmud And Midrash,1996 Fortress Press

The "sea of the Talmud" and its companion literature, the Midrash, usually require a lifetime of study to compass. It is not suggested that Hermann L. Strack, the distinguished and sympathetic nine teenth century German Protestant scholar, has provided the Talmud and Midrash with more than an introduction to the principles of its navigation. For the uninitiated " for the reader who wishes to acquaint himself with the fundamentals of rabbinic logic, style, language, and preoccupation " INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD AND MIDRASH is, however, unsurpassed.