The Talmud : a biography : banned, censored and burned : the book they couldn't suppress / Harry Freedman.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The story of the Talmud is the story of the Jewish people--a thrilling insight into Jewish culture and a devastating account of the history of anti-Semitism.
In The Talmud , Jewish scholar Harry Freedman tells the engrossing story of an ancient classic, the legal and mystical pillar of Judaism, and recounts the story of a chronicle that, in many ways, parallels the history of the Jewish people. Containing nearly two million words in thirty-seven volumes, the Talmud covers topics as diverse as law, faith, medicine, magic, ethics, sex, humor, and prayer. It is a highly complex, profoundly logical, and frequently impenetrable work with a history like no other. Inits fifteen-hundred-year history, the Talmud has been banned, censored, and burned; dissected by scholars and rabbis; probed by philosophers, poets, politicians, and kings.
From its origins as a record of discussions among scholars in towns and villages close to modern-day Baghdad, Freedman traces the spiraling paths of the Jewish diaspora and explores the story of the Talmud, its role during the Enlightenment, and its influence over traditional Judaism.
A compelling fusion of law, storytelling, and spirituality, the Talmud's story provides fascinating insight into the history of Judaism, and Harry Freedman's The Talmud - A Biography is a remarkable account of one of the most important cultural, historical, and religious works of our time.
"A Continuum book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-232) and index.
The Talmud in its world. In the beginning ; The origins of the Talmud ; Returning to Babylon ; The compilation of the Talmud ; The flowering of Babylon ; From your father's house ; Coming of age ; The age of the giants -- The Talmud in the world. Banned, censored and burned : the thirteenth century ; Printers and polemics ; A royal Talmud, a Protestant rabbi ; The wisdom of the Greeks ; The challenge of the Enlightenment ; The problem with emancipation ; A new world in the making.