Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 290 Seiten
Edition:
Second, revised edition
Year of publication:
1960
Uniform Title:
Mevo ha-Talmud
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Chajes, Ẓevi Hirsch, 1805-1855 Student's guide through the Talmud
Keywords:
Talmud Introductions
;
Talmud - Introductions
;
Talmud
;
Talmud Bavli - Introductions
;
Tradition (Judaism)
;
Aggada
;
Tradition (Judaïsme)
;
Aggada
;
Tradition (Judaism)
;
Talmoed
;
Introductions
;
Einführung
Description / Table of Contents:
The Oral Law and its relation to the Written Law -- Traditional laws without any exegetical basis in the Torah -- The categories of Oral Law -- Authority for rulings based on logical inferences -- Enactments deduced from post-Mosaic books -- Takkanoth (enactments) and Gezeroth (decrees) -- Gezeroth in chronological order -- Enactments promulgated by post-biblical authorities -- Enactments handed down from anonymous authorities -- The Takkanoth in chronological order
Description / Table of Contents:
Enactments promulgated by the Nesiyyim (princes) and the Sanhedrin (Supreme Court) -- Rabbinic enactments unanimously adopted -- Enactments the binding force of which was later relaxed -- A summary of the various categories of the Oral Law -- Rulings established by the usage of the people -- Miscellaneous rabbinical ordinances -- The Aggadah -- a general outline of its main aspects -- Aggadoth received by tradition -- The thirty-two Middoth (rules) employed in the Aggadah -- The praise of the righteous and the condemnation of the wicked in Aggadah
Description / Table of Contents:
The quoting of various persons under one and the same name -- The method of expounding the names of persons -- Support in history for 'tradition' handed down by the Great Assembly -- Divine providence in the Aggadah -- Alterations in textual reading as a specific device in homiletic expositions -- Aggadoth aimed at inspiring and stirring the curiosity of the people -- Aggadoth expressing profound ideas in figurative style -- Aggadoth relating the performance of miracles -- The parables of the Aggadah -- illustrations pointing a moral -- The Aggadic use of hyperbole and the employment of numbers figuratively; also biblical quotations in the Aggadah which are at variance with the Massoretic text -- Demons, witchcraft, incantations, dreams, and planetary influences, medical prescriptions, and curative methods in the Aggadah -- The contradictory views regarding the Aggadah and its place in talmudic teaching -- Dates of completion in the Mishnah and Talmud.
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