(Sacrifices) Left at the Altar
Reading Tractate Zevachim of the Babylonian Talmud
Paperback
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ISBN-13:
9780761862123
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.02.2014
Seiten:
352
Autor:
Joshua A. Fogel
Gewicht:
572 g
Format:
229x152x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This volume looks at tractate Zevachim (Sacrifices), which is mostly concerned with meat offerings slaughtered and presented at the Temple (when it stood). Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain and humanize the text for contemporary readers.
This volume looks at tractate Zevachim (Sacrifices), which is mostly concerned with meat offerings slaughtered and presented at the Temple (when it stood). Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain and humanize the text for contemporary readers.
Author¿s IntroductionChapter 1: All SacrificesChapter 2: Any Sacrifice Whose Blood Was CollectedChapter 3: Any Disqualified PeopleChapter 4: Bet Shammai RuleChapter 5: What Is the Proper Place?Chapter 6: Most Holy OfferingsChapter 7: A Bird ChatatChapter 8: All SacrificesChapter 9: The Altar SacrificesChapter 10: That Which Is More FrequentChapter 11: Blood of a ChatatChapter 12: A Tevul YomChapter 13: One Slaughters and OffersChapter 14: A Chatat CowGlossary of Selected TermsIndex of Tannaim and AmoraimIndex of Biblical and Rabbinical References