From:    heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
To:      "Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Date:    Wed, 3 Dec 1997 01:09:46 +0000
Subject: Re: Help with Jewish literature

From:          Neil Walters
To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Help with Jewish literature

I recommend the following two books to untangle the vast amount of 
Jewish literature outside of the Bible: 

1) Introduction to Rabbinic Literature, Jacob Neusner, 

The Anchor Bible Reference Library/Doubleday, New York, 1994 
$40.00 


>From the books jacket cover: 

"This book introduces rabbinic literature as that canon 
reached closure at the end of late antiquity, in the 7th century C.E. 
 The audience for this intro. is English speaking readers with an 
interest in rabbinic Juadism who wish to know the character of each 
of the Judaism's normative and canonical writings, beyond the Hebrew 
Scriptures.  Sheer love of the writing made me want to share with the 
readers a small sample of a vast treasury of wisdom, learning, 
beauty, but, above all, intellectual incandescence.  Here is Israel's 
light, beyond Scripture, Israel's treasury, for all to see. 
   - The Mishnah, The Tosefta, The Talmud of Israel, The Talmud of 
Babylon, The Tannaaite Mishna compilations with Leviticus, Song of 
Songs, Lamentations, Esther, Ruth, the Pentateuch, Mekhilta, Sifra, 
and the two Sifres, Numbers and Deuteronomy, as well as those 
produced by the authorities of the Talmuds, called Amoriam, and 
tractate Abot, the Fathers, and its talmud, Abot de Rabbi Natan, the 
Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. "

2) Back to the Sources - Reading the Classic Jewish Texts, 

Edited by Barry W. Holtz. 
A Touchstone Book, Published by Simon and Schuster, NY, 1992.
Front Cover: "The first complete modern guide to the great books of 
the Jewish Tradition: What they are and how to read them - written by 
today's leading scholars. 

Chapters Include: 1) Bible, 2) Talmud, 3) Midrash, 4) Medieval Bible 
Commentaries, 5) Medieval Jewish Philosophy, 6) Kabbalistics Texts, 
7) Teachings of the Hasidic Masters, 8) Prayer and the Prayer Book 

Online Ordering available in association with AMAZON.COM 
at the following address: http://www.amerisoftinc.com/bookset.htm
(click on "Rabbinic Literature").  

Neal Walters
Hooked on Hebrew - Windows-based Hebrew Computer Tutorial
http://www.amerisoftinc.com/prod01.htm

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To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
From:          Debbie Lockledge 
Subject:       Re: Help with Jewish literature

I have a copy of the Tanakh, but where can I get a copy of the Talmud?

 -Deb.

>From Eddie:
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        If you live in any decent sized town, the Talmud should be in 
the reference section in your local library. If you don't know about 
it already, the Talmud is VOLUMES and VOLUMES.

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From:          Jon Foster
To:            <heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Subject:       Re: Help with Jewish literature

Dear Family,

Would someone be so kind as to post a brief glossary of "Hebraic"
terms that would "generally" assist a newcomer in reading these
wonderful articles.

Jon

>From Eddie:
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         At the bottom of most every one of the Web pages at the 
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Web site which is:

(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2175/index.html) 

is a link to the HaY'Did Ministries Web page which contains an 
article which gives an alphabetical  glossary of Hebraic/Jewish terms. 

The HaY'Did Web page is:

(http://www.haydid.org)

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