Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity, 135–700 CE
Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, Yehudah Cohn, and Fergus Millar
Abstract
From major seminal works such as the Mishnah or the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds, to Biblical commentaries, translations of Biblical books into Aramaic or relatively little-known mystical, liturgical, or apocalyptic writings, this book is a complete guide to the rich tradition of Jewish literature in the second to seventh centuries of the Common Era. Each work is described in a way that covers its contents, dating, language, and accessibility (or otherwise) in print or online. The aim throughout is to cover all of this literature and to answer the following questions: What Jewish literat ... More
From major seminal works such as the Mishnah or the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds, to Biblical commentaries, translations of Biblical books into Aramaic or relatively little-known mystical, liturgical, or apocalyptic writings, this book is a complete guide to the rich tradition of Jewish literature in the second to seventh centuries of the Common Era. Each work is described in a way that covers its contents, dating, language, and accessibility (or otherwise) in print or online. The aim throughout is to cover all of this literature and to answer the following questions: What Jewish literature, written either in Hebrew or Aramaic, has survived? What different genres of such literature are there? What printed texts or translations into any modern language, or commentaries (either in Hebrew or a European language) are there? And, for those who want to enquire further, what are the manuscripts on which modern editions are based?
Keywords:
Mishnah,
Talmuds,
Biblical commentaries,
Jewish literature,
Common Era,
modern editions,
liturgical writings,
apocalyptic writings
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780197265222 |
| Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2014 |
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197265222.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, author
Senior Lecturer, Department of Jewish History, University of Haifa, Israel
Yehudah Cohn, author
Research Associate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
Fergus Millar, author
Wolfson College, Oxford
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