Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., Judaism faced a serious crossroads. The rabbis of late antiquity spent the next few centuries immersed in extensive debates in an effort to create an ethical and practical basis for a Torah-based faith. Their discussions constitute the bulk of what we know as the Talmud. This collection is not only massive; it is forbiddingly difficult, having accumulated numerous commentaries over the centuries since it first appeared. Recent translations have made it somewhat more accessible to English-language readers, but textual difficulties remain. This volume looks at tractate Menachot (grain offerings), which is concerned mostly with grain offered at the Temple (when it stood) to atone for various misdeeds. Joshua A. Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain and humanize the text for contemporary readers.
| ISBN: | 9780761863014 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2013 |
| Author: | Joshua A Fogel |
| Publisher: | Hamilton Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 392 pages |
| Genres: |
Rabbinic literature Judaism: life and practice Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Philosophy of religion Judaism |
Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., Judaism faced a serious crossroads. The rabbis of late antiquity spent the next few centuries immersed in extensive debates in an effort to create an ethical and practical basis for a Torah-based faith. Their discussions constitute the bulk of what we know as the Talmud. This collection is not only massive; it is forbiddingly difficult, having accumulated numerous commentaries over the centuries since it first appeared. Recent translations have made it somewhat more accessible to English-language readers, but textual difficulties remain. This volume looks at tractate Menachot (grain offerings), which is concerned mostly with grain offered at the Temple (when it stood) to atone for various misdeeds. Joshua A. Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain and humanize the text for contemporary readers.
Grains of Truth features in the following genres: Rabbinic literature, Judaism: life and practice, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Philosophy of religion, Judaism
Grains of Truth is available in Ebook, Paperback
Grains of Truth was written by Joshua A Fogel and published by Hamilton Books
Grains of Truth has 392 pages
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