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<p>In <i>Becoming the People of the Talmud</i>, Talya Fishman examines ways in which circumstances of transmission have shaped the cultural meaning of Jewish traditions. Although the Talmud's preeminence in Jewish study and its determining role in Jewish practice are generally taken for granted, Fishman contends that these roles were not solidified until the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. The inscription of Talmud—which Sefardi Jews understand to have occurred quite early, and Ashkenazi Jews only later—precipitated these developments. The encounter with Oral Torah as a written corpus was transformative for both subcultures, and it shaped the roles that Talmud came to play in Jewish life.</p> <p>What were the historical circumstances that led to the inscription of Oral Torah in medieval Europe? How did this body of ancient rabbinic traditions, replete with legal controversies and nonlegal material, come to be construed as a reference work and prescriptive guide to Jewish life? Connecting insights from geonica, medieval Jewish and Christian history, and orality-textuality studies, <i>Becoming the People of the Talmud</i> reconstructs the process of cultural transformation
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- Author
- Talya Fishman; ProQuest (Firm)
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812243130
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Religion, Judaism, History
- Rating
- 4.71 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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