{"product_id":"the-talmud-a-biography-9780691161846","title":"The Talmud: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Barry Scott Wimpfheimer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Judaism - Talmud\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wimpfheimer brilliantly opens the door into the complex and fascinating world of textual study, allowing readers to comprehend the origins, structure, and impact of this foundational Jewish text. Erudite and accessible, this is a book for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the centrality of the \u003ci\u003eTalmud\u003c\/i\u003e in Jewish scholarship and life.\"\u003cb\u003e--Tova Mirvis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Separation: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wimpfheimer provides a masterful and subtle exposition of the complex ways in which the \u003ci\u003eTalmud\u003c\/i\u003e was formed and received through the generations. His unique capacity to explore this rich history from the dual perspectives of the internal development of Talmudic interpretation and the external reactions and reception is at the root of what makes this book so exquisite.\"\u003cb\u003e--Moshe Halbertal, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Beginning of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Wimpfheimer brings a rare combination of talents to this book: a scholar's familiarity with the \u003ci\u003eTalmud\u003c\/i\u003e's compositional and reception history, a critic's sensitivity to the \u003ci\u003eTalmud\u003c\/i\u003e's distinctive literary texture, and a public intellectual's feel for the pulse of modernity. The book tells you what the \u003ci\u003eTalmud\u003c\/i\u003e is and has been, and why it matters as much as or indeed more than ever.\"\u003cb\u003e--Tzvi Novick, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Good, and What God Demands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A very fine book. Wimpfheimer is a first-rate expositor.\"\u003cb\u003e--Daniel Boyarin, author of \u003ci\u003eA Traveling Homeland: The Talmud as Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45268893335703,"sku":"9780691161846","price":2202.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691161846.webp?v=1769236744","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-talmud-a-biography-9780691161846","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}