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Strack, Hermann Leberecht, 1848-1922

Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash / Hermann L. Strack. - Illinois, U.S.A : Jewish Publication Society of America, c1931. - 364 pages : 21 cm. - Atheneum paperbacks, T10 .

PART I : Introduction to the Talmud. Definition of terms --
A sketch of the history of the Talmud --
The division of the Mishna (the Talmuds, the Tosephta) and the arrangement of its parts --
Contents of the sixty-three Tractates of the Mishna according to the Order of Moses Maimonides --
The Palestinian Talmud --
The Babylonian Talmud --
The extra-canonical Tractates --
The Tosephta --
History of the Talmud text --
A characterization of the Talmud --
Hermeneutics of the Talmud and the Midrashim --
Textual specimens in translation --
The more important teachers --
Literature --
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PART II : Introduction to the Midrashim. Introductory remarks --
The Tannaitic Midrashim Mekiltha, Siphra, Siphre --
The homiletic Midrashim --
The oldest expositional Midrashim --
Midrashim of the five Megilloth --
Other expositional Midrashim --
Other Haggadic works --
Collective works and commentaries which go by the name of Midrash --
Midrash collections and translations.

ISBN: 1590458834

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Talmud--Introductions.
Talmud.
Talmud Bavli--Introductions.

LC Class. No.: BM503.5 / .S77 1931