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Italian ed. (2016)

{en} Harry Freedman. The Talmud: A Biography. London: Bloomsbury, 2014.

• Italian ed. : Harry Freedman. Storia del Talmud: proibito, censurato e bruciato, il libro che non è stato possibile cancellare, tr. Gadi Luzzatto Voghera. Torino : Bollati Boringhieri, 2016.

Abstract

"Banned, censored and burned: the book they couldn't suppress." Introduction to the history of the Talmud.

"Discusses the history of the Talmud, tracing its path from a record of discussions among scholars in towns and villages close to modern-day Baghdad, its role during the Enlightenment, and its influence over traditional Judaism."--

Contents

The Talmud in its world. In the beginning -- The origins of the Talmud -- Returning to Babylon -- The compilation of the Talmud -- The flowering of Babylon -- From your father's house -- Coming of age -- The age of the giants -- The Talmud in the world. Banned, censored and burned : the thirteenth century -- Printers and polemics -- A royal Talmud, a Protestant rabbi -- The wisdom of the Greeks -- The challenge of the Enlightenment -- The problem with emancipation -- A new world in the making.

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