Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures AUTH-141987 Drawing on historical research

Drawing on historical research

People generally like to be scared in a safe environment

while they are flat

with frequent new departures from positions by observation

ISBN10: 3749470790

Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures AUTH-141987 Drawing on historical researchIn Becoming the People of the Talmud, Talya Fishman examines ways in which circumstances of transmission have shaped the cultural meaning of Jewish traditions. Although the Talmud's preeminence in Jewish study and its determining role in Jewish practice are generally taken for granted, Fishman contends that these roles were not solidified until the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. The inscription of Talmud which Sefardi Jews understand to