TY - BOOK AU - Strack, Hermann Leberecht, AU - Stemberger, Günter, AU - Bockmuehl, Markus N. A. TI - Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash SN - 1590458834 AV - BM503.5 .S77 1931 PY - 1931/// CY - Illinois, U.S.A : PB - Jewish Publication Society of America KW - Talmud KW - Introductions. KW - Talmud Bavli KW - Introductions N1 - PART I : Introduction to the Talmud. Definition of terms -- A sketch of the history of the Talmud -- The division of the Mishna (the Talmuds, the Tosephta) and the arrangement of its parts -- Contents of the sixty-three Tractates of the Mishna according to the Order of Moses Maimonides -- The Palestinian Talmud -- The Babylonian Talmud -- The extra-canonical Tractates -- The Tosephta -- History of the Talmud text -- A characterization of the Talmud -- Hermeneutics of the Talmud and the Midrashim -- Textual specimens in translation -- The more important teachers -- Literature -- -- PART II : Introduction to the Midrashim. Introductory remarks -- The Tannaitic Midrashim Mekiltha, Siphra, Siphre -- The homiletic Midrashim -- The oldest expositional Midrashim -- Midrashim of the five Megilloth -- Other expositional Midrashim -- Other Haggadic works -- Collective works and commentaries which go by the name of Midrash -- Midrash collections and translations ER -