04238cam a2200589Ma 4500 ocm70743994 OCoLC 20200709055118.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 030102s2003 mdu ob 001 0deng d REDDC eng pn REDDC OCLCQ N$T YDXCP OCLCQ DKDLA MERUC CCO E7B OCLCQ P@U OCLCO OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ 57245747 475381537 559388522 646725545 756523659 872033512 888755092 923192207 0801881390 9780801881398 0801873886 9780801873881 (OCoLC)70743994 (OCoLC)57245747 (OCoLC)475381537 (OCoLC)559388522 (OCoLC)646725545 (OCoLC)756523659 (OCoLC)872033512 (OCoLC)888755092 (OCoLC)923192207 a-iq--- BM502 .R93 2003eb REL 064000 bisacsh 296.1/25067 22 MAIN Rubenstein, Jeffrey L. The culture of the Babylonian Talmud / Jeffrey L. Rubenstein. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-211) and indexes. Print version record. Annotation In this pathbreaking study Jeffrey L. Rubenstein reconstructs the cultural milieu of the rabbinic academy that produced the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, which quickly became the authoritative text of rabbinic Judaism and remains so to this day. Unlike the rabbis who had earlier produced the shorter Palestinian Talmud (the Yerushalmi) and who had passed on their teachings to students individually or in small and informal groups, the anonymous redactors of the Bavli were part of a large institution with a distinctive, isolated, and largely undocumented culture. The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud explores the cultural world of these Babylonian rabbis and their students through the prism of the stories they included in the Bavli, showing how their presentation of earlier rabbinic teachings was influenced by their own values and practices. Among the topics explored in this broad-ranging work are the hierarchical structure of the rabbinic academy, the use of dialectics in teaching, the functions of violence and shame within the academy, the role of lineage in rabbinic leadership, the marital and family lives of the rabbis, and the relationship between the rabbis and the rest of the Jewish population. This book provides a unique and new perspective on the formative years of rabbinic Judaism and will be essential reading for all students of the Talmud. ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations and Conventions""; ""Tractates""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Rabbinic Academy""; ""Chapter 2 Dialectics""; ""Chapter 3 Violence""; ""Chapter 4 Shame""; ""Chapter 5 Lineage and Rabbinic Leadership""; ""Chapter 6 Wives""; ""Chapter 7 Elitism: The Sages and the Amei ha�arets""; ""Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Legacy of the Stammaim""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""Source Index"" Talmud Criticism, Redaction. Talmud Language, style. Talmudic academies. Rabbis Iraq Babylonia Intellectual life. Aggada Criticism, interpretation, etc. Logic Iraq Babylonia. Narration in rabbinical literature. RELIGION Judaism Talmud. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Rubenstein, Jeffrey L. Culture of the Babylonian Talmud. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2002156775 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=124445 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3318245 ebrary EBRY ebr10070329 EBSCOhost EBSC 124445 Project MUSE MUSE muse20148 YBP Library Services YANK 2341142 92 N$T 48913 48913