Treasury Of Judaism, Vol. 1
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This is the second volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology. Focusing on the seminal period of normative Judaism, Jacob Neusner presents in three parts the teachings of Rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, the first six centuries of the Common Era. The topical abstracts, which deal with the sacred calendar (volume one), events in the life cycle (volume two), and theological expositions (volume three), are presented in documentary sequence, from the Mishnah, ca. 200, through the Bavli or Talmud of Babylonia, ca. 600. This is the story told in abundant selections of Rabbinic classics of the age, the first centuries C.E., in which the two Talmuds and Midrash came to closure.About the Author:Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University
Preface ixThe Mishnah 1Circumcision and Israel 1Circumcision on the Sabbath 2Coming of Age 4From Father to Son 4Obligations of Men and Women to the Commandments 5Obligations of Husbands and Wives to One Another 6The Tosefta 9Sukkot: Blessings 9Blessings for Various Occasions 10Circumcision 14Circumcision Blessing 14Commandments for Women 15Creation of Man Alone 15The Father's Obligations to the Son 16Haburot [Associations] for Various Purposes 17Marks of Maturity 18Matches for Marriage 19Old Age 21Prayers: Brief and Occasional 21All Mourn the Sage Who Dies 23Teaching a Trade to One's Children 23Study of the Torah versus Learning a Trade 23Why No Sex between Free Agents 24Why No Sex with a Married Woman 25Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael 27Honoring Parents 27Sifra 31Israel Keeps Itself Pure 31Sexual Prohibitions 33Sifre to Numbers 39Abbreviating Prayer 39Genesis Rabbah 41How to Die 41Marrying Off One's Daughters 45Leviticus Rabbah 47Circumcision 47Dietary Laws and their Meaning 51Making Matches for Marriage 61Prohibited Marriages 62Providing for the Future 66Sexual Transgression 68Ruth Rabbah 73Proper Conduct of Israelite Women 73Pesiqta deRab Kahana 75Childlessness 75Keeping the Commandments 76Torah Study 77The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan 81Death. How to Die 81The Impulse to Do Evil 82The Impulse to Do Evil Older than the Impulse to Do Good 83Loving Kindness 84Study the Torah in Youth 84Study the Torah in Youth and in Old Age 85The Talmud of the Land of Israel 87Circumcision 87Rabbi's Death and His Last Wishes. The Death of Other Sages 91Precedence of Master over Father, Man over Woman 98Husbands and Wives 101Mourning Rites: The Mourner's Conduct 109Mourning Rites: Special Rules 118Obligations of Parents and Children 146Prayers of Sages 158The Talmud of Babylonia 161Accounting for Long Lifetimes 161Behavior in the Presence of the Corpse. The Soul Visiting the Sick 164Celebrating the Bride 167Chastity and Adultery 169Conversion in General 171Daughters and Wives, with Special Reference to Hosea 185Deaths of Various Sages and how their Mastery of the Torah Afforded Them Special Standing after Death 190Definition of a Minor 193Divorce/The Evils of Divorce, Particularly of an Aging Wife 194Dying without Sons 195Honor of Mother and Father 196Losing One's Temper and Taking a Vow 200Marrying a Woman of Bad Name or Her Daughter 201Meal as a Religious Duty 202Martyrdom: Giving One's Life for the Sanctification of the Divine Name 203Mourner Forbidden to Work 204Mourning for Next of Kin 213Mourning for Sages 215Mourning for Thirty Days 222Mourning Rites: Sources in Scripture 224Old Age 230Poverty 232Praying the Prayer, Reciting the Shema 234Proper Conduct 236Sexual Obligations of a Husband to a Wife 238Sexual Relations 241Visiting the Sick 245The Widow after Husband's Death. The Death of Rabbi 251Wives and Marriage 258Women Exempt from Commandments 262
