Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash
Gunter Stemberger's revision of H. L. Strack's classic introduction to rabbinic literature, which appeared in its first English edition in 1991, was widely acclaimed.\ Gunter Stemberger and Markus Bockmuehl have now produced this updated edition, which is a significant revision (completed in 1996) of the 1991 volume. Following Strack's original outline, Stemberger discusses first the historical framework, the basic principles of rabbinic literature and hermeneutics and the most important...
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Readers will note a number of significant changes. Most importantly, the present text substantially represents the eighth German edition published by Gunter Stemberger in 1992. Booknews Reprint of the T. & T. Clark (Scot.) edition of 1991 with a new (14 pp.) foreword. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Translator's NoteForewordPrefacePt. 1General IntroductionIThe Historical Framework1IIThe Rabbinic School System9IIIRabbinical Hermeneutics17IVOral and Written Tradition35VHandling Rabbinic Texts: The Problem of Method50VIThe Rabbis62VIILanguages of Rabbinic Literature111Pt. 2Talmudic LiteratureIThe Mishnah119IIThe Tosefta167IIIThe Palestinian Talmud182IVThe Babylonian Talmud208VThe Extracanonical Tractates245Pt. 3MidrashimIIntroduction254IIThe Halakhic Midrashim269IIIThe Oldest Exegetical Midrashim300IVHomiletic Midrashim313VMidrashim on the Five Megillot342VIOther Exegetical Midrashim350VIIOther Haggadic Works354VIIICompilations: Commentaries called 'Midrash'383Appendix395Abbreviations400Index of Subjects405Index of Passages436Index of Names451
\ BooknewsReprint of the T. & T. Clark (Scot.) edition of 1991 with a new (14 pp.) foreword. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
