First Steps in the Talmud - A Guide to the Confused - Bog af Jacob Neusner - Paperback

First Steps in the Talmud - A Guide to the Confused - Jacob Neusner

This study of the inclusion of biographical narratives examines sage-stories, anecdotes about the life and deeds of Rabbinic sages, in components of the unfolding canon of Rabbinic Judaism during the formative age. These documents, from the first six centuries C.E., are exclusive of the two Talmuds.