Table of Contents: The culture of the Babylonian Talmud /

Main Author:	Rubenstein, Jeffrey L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Subjects:	Talmudic academies. Rabbis > Intellectual life. > Iraq > Babylonia Aggada > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Logic > Iraq > Babylonia. Narration in rabbinical literature. RELIGION > Judaism
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=124445

Table of Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations and Conventions""; ""Tractates""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Rabbinic Academy""; ""Chapter 2 Dialectics""; ""Chapter 3 Violence""; ""Chapter 4 Shame""; ""Chapter 5 Lineage and Rabbinic Leadership""; ""Chapter 6 Wives""; ""Chapter 7 Elitism: The Sages and the Amei haâ€?arets""; ""Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Legacy of the Stammaim""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""Source Index""