The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud : Studies in the Achievements of the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Historical and Literary-Critical Research

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein offers a translation from the Hebrew of 'The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud' by David Weiss Halivni. Halivni's work is widely regarded as the most comprehensive scholarly examination of the processes of composition and editing of the 'Babylonian Talmud'. Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 Foreword 10 List of Abbreviations 15 PART ONE HISTORIANS 16 I. Heinrich Graetz and Zeʾev Jawitz 18 II. I. H. Weiss and J. S. Zuri 26 III. Y. I. Halevy 41 PART TWO LITERARY CRITICS 64 IV. B. M. Lewin and the Saboraic Element 66 V. Julius Kaplan, Hyman Klein, and the Saboraic Element 76 VI. Jacob N. Epstein 90 VII. Abraham Weiss: Source Criticism 102 VIII. Abraham Weiss: The Search for Literary Forms 110 PART THREE BY WAY OF COMPARISON 120 IX. Saul Lieberman on the Talmud of Caesarea and Louis Ginzberg on Mishnah Tamid 122 PART FOUR THE SUGYA 140 X. Ḥanokh Albeck on the Talmudic Sugya 142 XI. David Weiss Halivni, Meqorot Umesorot 149 1. Ketuvot 149 2. Qiddushin 163 3. Giṭṭin 179 Bibliography 189 Index of Talmudic References 192 Index 195