Grains of truth: reading tractate menachot of the babylonian talmud
Auteur :
Fogel, Joshua A.
Éditeur :
University Press of America
ISBN :
9780761863014
Date de publication :
31 déc. 2013
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,1 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
585 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This volume looks at tractate Menachot, which is concerned mostly with grain offered at the Temple (when it stood) to atone for various misdeeds. Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain the text for contemporary readers.