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Books on: gemara

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The Book and the Sword: A Life of Learning in the Shadow of Destruction

Book by Daovid Weiss Halivni; Westview Press, 1996

Subjects:

Halivni, David, Holocaust survivors--New York (State)--New York--Biography, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--Sighetu Marma?tiei--Personal narratives, Jewish scholars--New York (State)--New York--Biography, Jews--Romania--Sighetu Marma?tiei--Biography

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The words of the Talmud were the universe for David Weiss Halivni during his childhood in Sighet, in the Carpathian Mountains. Before he was five he began his studies; by the time he was ten he had outgrown the town's teachers and started to learn at home with his scholarly, impoverished ...
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The words of the Talmud were the universe for David Weiss Halivni during his childhood in Sighet, in the Carpathian Mountains. Before he was five he began his studies; by the time he was ten he had outgrown the town's teachers and started to learn at home with his scholarly, impoverished grandfather. Even before his ordination at the age of fifteen, in 1943, he was famous for his erudition. But when the Nazis crushed the Jewish community of the Carpathians in 1944, he closed his Talmud. Halivni taught in the concentration camps and risked his life to save a scrap of paper from a sacred book. But adherence to the fundamentalist worldview that insists on reconciling every apparent contradiction in the text -- troubling to him even as a child -- had become impossible for him now. When he arrived in New York after the war, he began struggling toward the "window" of secular learning. From that synthesis emerged his original approach to critical study of the Talmudic text not only in its modern printed form but as it was in its original form, the Oral Torah from the mouths of countless sages.
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Reading Levinas/Reading Talmud: An Introduction

Book by Ira F. Stone; Jewish Publication Society, 1998

Subjects:

Levinas, Emmanuel--Contributions in interpreting the Talmud, Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc, Talmud--English--Selections

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Although Jewish scholars have recognized the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas as one of the greatest Talmudic minds of this century, the majority of Jews have remained ignorant of his teachings - now Rabbi Stone makes Levinas accessible to lay readers for the first time.
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The World of the Talmud

Book by Morris Adler; Schocken Books, 1963

Subjects:

Talmud--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...VII. VI. THE GEMARA 49 VIII...subsequent development. VI THE GEMARA We have seen that a significant portion...Mishna was developed. It is called the "Gemara," from an Aramaic root meaning "study...
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The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud: Studies in the Achievements of Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Historical and Literary-Critical Research

Book by Jacob Neusner; E. J. Brill, 1970

Subjects:

Jewish Learning And Scholarship, Talmud--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...selected materials to be added to the gemara. Here again Jawitz turns to Halevy...fixing" QB an explanation in the gemara . 1 He also notes the activities ascribed...is quite evident from the words of the gemara". 4 In other words, Halevy believes...
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Rereading the Rabbis: A Woman's Voice

Book by Judith Hauptman; Westview Press, 1998

Subjects:

Talmud--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Talmud--Feminist Criticism, Women In Rabbinical Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

"A clear, scholarly, & accessible study of the treatment of women in Talmudic legal interpretations, comparing these interpretations with the Torah itself.... Essential for Jewish collections & important for all but small public libraries." Library Journal "Not only an exemplary work of clearly ...
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"A clear, scholarly, & accessible study of the treatment of women in Talmudic legal interpretations, comparing these interpretations with the Torah itself.... Essential for Jewish collections & important for all but small public libraries." Library Journal "Not only an exemplary work of clearly reasoned Talmudic scholarship on the subject of male-female relations, it is also an original, mind-opening reading of classic rabbinic texts, one that explores with startling candor the sexual psychology of the rabbis, revealing their attitudes toward sex in the context of their time, &-pointedly, crucially-the extent of the relevance of those attitudes to our own day." Rabbi Chaim Potok
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Journal Articles on: gemara

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I Samuel 9:1-14-Saul's Destiny Fulfilled: A Meeting of Parallel Worlds ([Dagger])

Journal article by Neil Janes; European Judaism, Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

Jewish theology--Analysis, Jewish theology--Study and teaching, Judaism--Analysis, Judaism--Doctrines, Judaism--Study and teaching, Samuel (Biblical figure)--Evaluation, Saul, King of Israel--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Berakhot 48b (1) the discussion of the gemara turns to ask why, in I Samuel 9:13, the...context. The second answer provided by the gemara is, in order that they could continue...implication of the third answer in the gemara makes the reader acutely aware of the...
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Negotiating the Categories: Sarah Bernhardt and the Possibilities of Jewishness

Journal article by Janis Bergman-Carton; Art Journal, Vol. 55, 1996

Subjects:

Actresses--Conduct of life, Bernhardt, Sarah--Conduct of life, Women, Jewish--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Bergman-Carton . . . whether initiated into the worship of God by Gemara or by catechism, Sarah Bernhardt is neither more nor less than...Bernhardt. Notes 1. ". . . initiee a adorer Dieu par le Gemara, ou par le catechism, Sarah Bernhardt nest ni plus ni moins...
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At Home in the Margins: the Jewish American Voice Poem in the 1990s

Journal article by Jonathan N. Barron; College Literature, Vol. 24, 1997

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Literature, Entire Library

...known as the Tannaim , followed by the gemara , a commentary made on the mishnah made...margins surrounding both mishnah and gemara , one finds more commentary by still later rabbis on both the mishnah and the gemara . 13 Combined, the mishnah , and the...
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Multi-Literacies and Democracy: Religious Zionist Women Reading Actuality in Antiquities

Journal article by Tamar El-Or; Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 4, 1998

Subjects:

Jews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Religious Zionist girls and women could not study Gemara. The first womens colleges offering Gemara studies were established for women from English-speaking...and restricted opportunities to the study of Gemara within them. In 1996, 300 students of the...
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Ancient Answers to Modern Questions: Death, Dying, and Organ Transplants - a Jewish Law Perspective

Journal article by Stephen J. Werber; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 11, 1996

Subjects:

Death--Religious aspects, Euthanasia--Religious aspects, Jewish law--Interpretation and construction, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...fully explained in the "written law" or Gemara which was created by a second group of...law. For example, he asks whether the Gemara allows one to bring an end to life through...Technically this term refers to only the Gemara, but to understand it requires that one...

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Magazine Articles on: gemara

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The Precarious Ties That Bind Us: Sotah 2a

Magazine article by Ira F. Stone; Cross Currents, Vol. 51, Summer 2001

Subjects:

Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects, Judaism--Study and teaching, Mishnah--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Talmud (Sacred text)--Study and teaching

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...supplying a more detailed description. The Gemara (compiled around 500 C.E.) is a commentary...cannot contract a Levirate marriage. GEMARA: Now that the Tanna 1 has finished (Tractate...take note of will be followed up in the Gemara and some will not. Among those that are...
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Discovering the Talmud

Magazine article by Eric M. Chevlen; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 1998

Subjects:

Religious literature, Jewish--Publishing, Talmud (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Babylonian diaspora. Each academy produced its Gemara (Aramaic: completion), an elucidation...generations of scholars who created the Gemara, had begrudgingly committed the Oral Law...not all of it will be fulfilled. The Gemara then gives the source for the sages comment...
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For Torah and Culture

Magazine article by David Singer; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...ancillary." Lichtensteins passion for Talmud is as much intellectual as it is religious. This emerges clearly in "Why Learn Gemara?"--another essay in Leaves of Faith. On every page of the Talmud, Lichtenstein tells us, "one feels the freshness of virgin...
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Reb Yekl Safir

Magazine article by Isaac Bashevis Singer; Book, November 2000

Subjects:

More Stories From My Father's Court (Book)--Excerpts, Short stories--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to pay the teacher and I went to cheder for next to nothing. But I was a quick learner of the Five Books of Moses and of the Gemara too. I met a boy on Krochmalna Street who was in a similar situation. A few years older than I, he was as black as a Gypsy...
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Teaching Our Children Well: Pedagogy, Religion, and the Future of Philosophy

Magazine article by Claire Elise Katz; Cross Currents, Vol. 53, Winter 2004

Subjects:

Education--Analysis, Philosophy--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Education, Entire Library

...correlate to virtues. This wisdom is as necessary as the Greco-Roman legacy. Laid down in the Hebrew Bible, the Mishnah and the Gemara, this civilization built on justice unfolds in science." (24) The midrash is not simply rabbinic commentary on the Torah...

Newspaper Articles on: gemara

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Finding a Way to Keep Judaism Alive

Newspaper article by Arnold Beichman; The Washington Times, March 5, 2000

Subjects:

Wouk, Herman

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mr. Wouk is also a practicing orthodox Jew who spends part of each day at synagogue prayers and at home studying Mishna or Gemara, sacred texts of Jewish ethics and faith. I mention this because as a writer, Mr. Wouk has moved counter to what has been...

Encyclopedia Articles on: gemara

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Gemara

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

GEMARA see Talmud . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Talmud

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...text of the Oral Law (in Hebrew) and the Gemara (in Aramaic), a commentary on the Mishna...Massektoth), only 36 1 / 2 of which have a Gemara. The redaction of the Mishna was completed...d., particularly Akiba ben Joseph. The Gemara developed out of the interpretations of...
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GuimerÀ, Ángel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

GUIMERA, ANGEL an zhel gemara , 1845? 1924, Catalan poet and dramatist. His first successful play, Mar y cel sea and sky (1888), was followed by many others...
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Mishna

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of portions of the biblical books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy and other legal material. Together with the Gemara, or Amoraic commentary on the Mishna, it comprises the Talmud . Next to the Scriptures the Mishna is the basic textbook of...
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Rashi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Pentateuch (printed 1475) was the first dated Hebrew book published. His commentary on the Talmud covers the Mishna with the Gemara. His work influenced some Christian thinkers as early as the 12th cent. See H. Hailperin, Rashi and His World (1957); M...

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