TY - BOOK ID - 4838031 TI - Structure and form of the Babylonian Talmud PY - 1991 SN - 0521403456 0521050316 0511557353 0511832842 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University press DB - UniCat KW - Talmud KW - Criticism, Redaction. KW - 296*222 KW - Babylonische Talmud KW - 296*222 Babylonische Talmud KW - Talmud Bavli KW - Babylonian Talmud KW - Talmud, Babylonian KW - Talmud Vavilonskiĭ KW - Talmoed, Babylonische KW - Babylonische Talmoed KW - Shas KW - Shishah sedarim KW - Talmud of Babylonia KW - Talmud de Babilonia KW - Talmud Babli KW - Talmouth KW - Talmod KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4838031 AB - This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, which is a centrally important text in Jewish studies. The contribution made by Dr Jacobs to the study of the Talmud consists in his presentation of the literary principles employed in its composition, and he here presents a clear survey indicating the manner in which earlier material was reworked in order to make each component, or sugya, into a carefully structured and self-consistent unit. Jacobs compares the editors' methods in this regard with the manner in which Shakespeare converted the variety of chronicles and source material available to him into a much more dramatic literary form, which - while preserving the kernel of the story - completely transformed its character and impact. Dr Jacobs' study constitutes an excellent introduction to the Babylonian Talmud and to the nature of rabbinic thinking. ER -