Everyman's Talmud

The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages

By: Abraham Cohen

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Paperback | 7 February 1995 | Edition Number 1

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Long regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism.

"To some readers of this book, the Talmud represents little more than a famous Jewish book. But people want to know about a book that, they are told, defines Judaism. Everyman''s Talmud is the right place to begin not only to learn about Judaism in general but to meet the substance of the Talmud in particular . . . In time to come, Cohen''s book will find its companion-though I do not anticipate it will ever require a successor for what it accomplishes with elegance and intelligence: a systematic theology of the Talmud''s Judaism."
—From the Foreword by Jacob Neusner

This classic introduction reveals the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on such topics as the doctrine of God; God and the universe; the soul and its destiny; prophesy and revelation; physical life; moral life and social living; law, ethics, and jurisprudence; legends and folk traditions; the Messiah and the world to come.

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Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Historical Antecedents
The Mishnah
Gemara and Midrash
The Doctrine of God
Existence	p. 1
Unity	p. 4
Incorporeality	p. 6
Omnipresence	p. 8
Omnipotence	p. 10
Omniscience	p. 13
Eternity	p. 15
Justice and Mercy	p. 16
Fatherhood	p. 20
Holiness and Perfection	p. 22
The Ineffable Name	p. 24
God and the Universe
Cosmology	p. 27
Transcendence and Immanence	p. 40
Angelology	p. 47
Israel and the Nations	p. 58
The Doctrine of Man
The Human Being	p. 67
The Soul	p. 76
Faith and Prayer	p. 78
The Two Impulses	p. 88
Free Will	p. 93
Sin	p. 95
Repentance and Atonement	p. 104
Reward and Punishment	p. 110
Revelation
Prophecy	p. 121
The Torah	p. 125
Study of the Torah	p. 135
The Written Torah	p. 141
The Oral Torah	p. 146
The Practice of Torah	p. 149
Domestic Life
Woman	p. 159
Marriage and Divorce	p. 162
Children	p. 170
Education	p. 173
Filial Piety	p. 180
Social Life
The Individual and the Community	p. 184
Labour	p. 191
Master and Workman	p. 196
Peace and Justice	p. 203
The Moral Life
Imitation of God	p. 210
Brotherly Love	p. 212
Humility	p. 216
Charity	p. 219
Honesty	p. 227
Forgiveness	p. 228
Temperance	p. 230
Duty to Animals	p. 235
The Physical Life
Care of the Body	p. 238
Rules of Health	p. 241
Dietetics	p. 246
Treatment of Disease	p. 250
Folk-Lore
Demonology	p. 260
The Evil Eye	p. 270
Magic and Divination	p. 274
Dreams	p. 286
Superstitions	p. 291
Jurisprudence
The Courts	p. 298
Judges and Witnesses	p. 305
The Trial	p. 309
Modes of Punishment	p. 315
Torts	p. 322
Found Property	p. 328
Bailment	p. 331
Tenancy	p. 334
Sale and Delivery	p. 337
Prescriptive Right	p. 341
Inheritance	p. 343
The Hereafter
The Messiah	p. 346
Resurrection of the Dead	p. 357
The World to Come	p. 364
The Last Judgment	p. 370
Gehinnom	p. 379
Gan Eden	p. 383
Selected Bibliography	p. 391
Index	p. 395
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