Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Reading Tractate Horayot of the Babylonian Talmud

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Talmud, History, Ancient History
Cover of the book Decisions, Decisions, Decisions by Joshua A. Fogel, Hamilton Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Joshua A. Fogel ISBN: 9780761861324
Publisher: Hamilton Books Publication: July 1, 2013
Imprint: Hamilton Books Language: English
Author: Joshua A. Fogel
ISBN: 9780761861324
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Publication: July 1, 2013
Imprint: Hamilton Books
Language: English

Comprised of debates among the rabbis of late antiquity in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.), the Talmud has provided the basis for Jewish ethical and practical norms for centuries. It is also an extremely long and forbiddingly difficult work that has accumulated countless commentaries just as complex over the ages. A recent translation with extensive notes has made it more accessible to English-language readers, but the textual difficulties remain. This volume looks at the tractate Horayot (Decisions), page by page, and offers a modern commentary with doses of humor and comparative examples in an effort to both explain and humanize the text and make it even more accessible to contemporary readers. The central focus concerns how to adjudicate cases when the governing body, the Sanhedrin, incorrectly designates certain practices legal and people follow the erroneous advice as a result.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Comprised of debates among the rabbis of late antiquity in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.), the Talmud has provided the basis for Jewish ethical and practical norms for centuries. It is also an extremely long and forbiddingly difficult work that has accumulated countless commentaries just as complex over the ages. A recent translation with extensive notes has made it more accessible to English-language readers, but the textual difficulties remain. This volume looks at the tractate Horayot (Decisions), page by page, and offers a modern commentary with doses of humor and comparative examples in an effort to both explain and humanize the text and make it even more accessible to contemporary readers. The central focus concerns how to adjudicate cases when the governing body, the Sanhedrin, incorrectly designates certain practices legal and people follow the erroneous advice as a result.

More books from Hamilton Books

Cover of the book Armageddon Postponed by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book The Wild Longing of the Human Heart by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Keeping God at the Center by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book 'We Are Going to Pick Potatoes' by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Winchell and Runyon by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Rethinking Khayyaamism by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book New Aphorisms & Reflections by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Riding the Windhorse by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Drawing Life by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Someone Out There Is Listening by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Auschwitz, USA by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Holocaust Memories by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book The Smell of Sugarcane by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book Portraits of Change by Joshua A. Fogel
Cover of the book ETYMA Two by Joshua A. Fogel
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy