Everyman's Talmud The major teachings of the rabbinic sages
Book - 1995
Summarizes the teachings found in the Talmud on ethics, religion, law, and folklore.
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New York :
Schocken Books : Distributed by Pantheon Books
c1995.
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- English
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- Item Description
- "A summary of the teachings of the Talmud on religion, ethics, folk-lore, and jurisprudence"--P. xxix.
Originally published: London : J.M. Dent ; New York : E.P. Dutton, 1949. - Physical Description
- lv, 405 p. ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-393) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780805210323
- Foreword / Jacob Neusner. Sect. I. Historical Antecedents. Sect. II. The Mishnah. Sect. III. Gemara and Midrash
- Ch. I. The Doctrine of God. Sect. I. Existence. Sect. II. Unity. Sect. III. Incorporeality. Sect. IV. Omnipresence. Sect. V. Omnipotence. Sect. VI. Omniscience. Sect. VII. Eternity. Sect. VIII. Justice and Mercy. Sect. IX. Fatherhood. Sect. X. Holiness and Perfection. Sect. XI. The Ineffable Name
- Ch. II. God and the Universe. Sect. I. Cosmology. Sect. II. Transcendence and Immanence. Sect. III. Angelology. Sect. IV. Israel and the Nations
- Ch. III. The Doctrine of Man. Sect. I. The Human Being. Sect. II. The Soul. Sect. III. Faith and Prayer. Sect. IV. The Two Impulses. Sect. V. Free Will. Sect. VI. Sin. Sect. VII. Repentance and Atonement. Sect. VIII. Reward and Punishment
- Ch. IV. Revelation. Sect. I. Prophecy. Sect. II. The Torah. Sect. III. Study of the Torah. Sect. IV. The Written Torah. Sect. V. The Oral Torah. Sect. VI. The Practice of Torah
- Ch. V. Domestic Life. Sect. I. Woman. Sect. II. Marriage and Divorce. Sect. III. Children. Sect. IV. Education. Sect. V. Filial Piety
- Ch. VI. Social Life. Sect. I. The Individual and the Community. Sect. II. Labour. Sect. III. Master and Workman. Sect. IV. Peace and Justice
- Ch. VII. The Moral Life. Sect. I. Imitation of God. Sect. II. Brotherly Love. Sect. III. Humility. Sect. IV. Charity. Sect. V. Honesty. Sect. VI. Forgiveness. Sect. VII. Temperance. Sect. VIII. Duty to Animals
- Ch. VIII. The Physical Life. Sect. I. Care of the Body. Sect. II. Rules of Health. Sect. III. Dietetics. Sect. IV. Treatment of Disease
- Ch. IX. Folk-Lore. Sect. I. Demonology. Sect. II. The Evil Eye. Sect. III. Magic and Divination. Sect. IV. Dreams. Sect. V. Superstitions
- Ch. X. Jurisprudence. Sect. I. The Courts. Sect. II. Judges and Witnesses. Sect. III. The Trial. Sect. IV. Modes of Punishment. Sect. V. Torts. Sect. VI. Found Property. Sect. VII. Bailment. Sect. VIII. Tenancy. Sect. IX. Sale and Delivery. Sect. X. Prescriptive Right. Sect. XI. Inheritance
- Ch. XI. The Hereafter. Sect. I. The Messiah. Sect. II. Resurrection of the Dead. Sect. III. The World to Come. IV. The Last Judgment. Sect. V. Gehinnom. Sect. VI. Gan Eden.