Daily reflections on idolatry

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This volume looks at Avodah Zarah, a tractate of the Talmud concerning idolatry, page by page. Daily Reflections on Idolatry offers a modern commentary with doses of humor and comparative examples in an effort to both explain and humanize the text and make it even more accessible to contemporary readers.



Comprised of rabbinic debates in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.), the Talmud has provided the basis for Jewish ethical and practical norms for centuries. It is also an extremely long and forbiddingly difficult work that has accumulated countless commentaries just as complex. A recent translation with extensive notes has made the Talmud more accessible to English-language readers, but the textual difficulties remain. This volume looks at Avodah Zarah, one tractate of the Talmud concerned with idolatry, page by page. Idolatry was one of the cardinal sins for which an observant Jew was to accept death before transgressing. Daily Reflections on Idolatry offers a modern commentary with doses of humor and comparative examples in an effort to both explain and humanize the text and make it even more accessible to contemporary readers.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 14 december 2012

Aantal pagina's: 200

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Joshua A. Fogel

Hoofduitgeverij: Hamilton Books

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 152 mm

Product hoogte: 13 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 152 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 13 mm

Verpakking lengte: 229 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 318 g

EAN: 9780761859130

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