What is the Talmud

Jewish Thought

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Editor's ForewordPublisher's ForewordIntroduction

I What is the Talmud?

1 Bible and Talmud2 The Talmud and the life of the nation3 The Talmud and science

II Methodology of the Talmud

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1 Logical inferences2 Exegetical rules3 "S'vara" the principle of "common sense"

III Subject matter, content, structure

1 The six Orders of the Teachings2 Aggadah and Halachah3 The psychological structure of the Oral Teachings

IV The history of Talmudic development

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1 The development of the Teachings2 The Commentaries3 Authorities for the development of the Teachings

V StyleVI Copies and manuscripts

VII What is written in the Talmud?

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1 Man; his life, his work, his day of rest2 Fellow man3 Man and wife4 Society and community5 Jurisprudence

6 Indemnification

7 Employees and employers8 Charity

VIII What is not written in the Talmud? Jew and Gentile

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1 "You are called man"2 The discriminatory laws3 Quotations4 Xenophobia?

Appendix

Table I; Historical dates in the development of the TeachingsTable II; Structure of the Babylonian Talmud