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"Paulist Press deserves credit for adding this new dimension to interfaith dialogue." The Jewish Spectator The Selected Writings translated by Ben Zion Bokser introduced by Ben Zion Bokser and Baruch M. Bokser preface by Robert Goldenberg "Study with all your heart and soul that you may know God's ways and be attentive to His Torah. Guard His Torah in your heart and keep the fear of Him before your eyes. Guard your lips from every sin, and purify and sanctify yourself from fault and wrongdoing, and God will be with you everywhere." From "The Tractate Berakhot" In the first through the sixth centuries of the common era, successive circles of rabbis in the Holy Land and Babylonia developed Rabbinic Judaism. Transforming the biblical Temple-oriented form of Judaism, they shaped a vision of Judaism centered around the piety of following and studying the Torah to achieve a sense of the divine in this world. This piety entailed both an intellectual and emotional dimension that spoke to individuals and that affected the developing synagogues and local communities of Jews. The rabbinic teachings were eventually compiled into the Talmud and Midrash in a manner that perpetuated the piety of

Author

Ben Zion Bokser; introduced by Ben Zion Bokser and Baruch M. Bokser

Publisher

New York: Paulist Press

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780809104307

Subjects

Religion, Law, Judaism

Rating

4.06 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14