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The Tosefta:
Translated from
the Hebrew, with
a New
Introduction
by Jacob
Neusner
Retail:
$119.95
Size: 6 x 9
Binding:
hardcover
Pages: 2096
Pub Date: 2002
ISBN: 1565636422
ISBN-13:
9781565636422
Categories:
Judaism; General
Reference Works
Specifications
The only
English-language
translation of
the Tosefta
(“supplement”),
which contains
explanations and
discussion not
included in the
Mishnah and is
organized
according to the
same six
divisions.
Materials in the
Tosefta are
attributed to
rabbinic
authorities in
the first and
second centuries
c.e., the same
ones cited in
the Mishnah, and
as such the
Tosefta is
crucial to the
study of
formative
rabbinic Judaism
and early
Christianity.
This two-volume
edition, by
renowned
rabbinic scholar
Jacob Neusner,
contains the
complete text of
the original
six-volume set.
The following
features enhance
the usefulness
of this new
edition: the
text is
continuously
paginated, with
a new preface, a
single general
index, and a
full index of
biblical and
talmudic
references.
"The Tosefta has
been one of the
most neglected
of the major
texts of
rabbinic
Judaism. Jacob
Neusner has
devoted
considerable
attention to
this text and
has produced the
only modern
language
complete
translation.
Yet, his
six-volume work
(New York: Ktav,
1977-1986)
remained
relatively
inaccessible to
most students
and scholars. It
is an event of
significance to
have now an
accessible,
two-volume
edition of
Neusner's
English
translation with
his new
introduction.
This should
enhance both
rabbinic studies
and the shared
concern among
Jewish and
Christian
scholars and
students for
better
understanding
ancient
Judaism."
—David M.
Scholer,
Professor of New
Testament and
Associate Dean,
Center for
Advanced
Theological
Studies, School
of Theology,
Fuller
Theological
Seminary
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