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The Talmud : a biography : banned, censored and burned : the book they couldn't suppress / Harry Freedman

Author
Freedman, H. (Harry)
Published
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Physical Description
x, 243 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
The Talmud in its world. In the beginning ; The origins of the Talmud ; Returning to Babylon ; The compilation of the Talmud ; The flowering of Babylon ; From your father's house ; Coming of age ; The age of the giants -- The Talmud in the world. Banned, censored and burned : the thirteenth century ; Printers and polemics ; A royal Talmud, a Protestant rabbi ; The wisdom of the Greeks ; The challenge of the Enlightenment ; The problem with emancipation ; A new world in the making.
Summary
Discusses the history of the Talmud, tracing its path from a record of discussions among scholars in towns and villages close to modern-day Baghdad, its role during the Enlightenment, and its influence over traditional Judaism.
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ISBN
9781472905949 (hbk.)
1472905946 (hbk.)
Note
"A Continuum book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-232) and index.
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