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The Essence of Talmudic Law and Thought. By Samuel N. Hoenig, Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson Inc.1993. Pp. xvii, 220. Paper. $30.00. ISBN: 0-876-68445-2.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2015

Stephen J. Werber
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Journal of Law and Religion , Volume 17 , 2002 , pp. 297 - 301
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Copyright © Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University 2002

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1. A more comprehensive introductory text is inexplicably omitted. See Dorff, Elliot & Rosett, Arthur, A Living Tree: The Roots and Growth of Jewish Law (S.U.N.Y. 1988)Google Scholar.

2. Steinsaltz, Adin, The Essential Talmud (Bantam 1977)Google Scholar; Cohen, Abraham, Everyman's Talmud (Schocken Books 1975)Google Scholar. For a more comprehensive multi-volume treatise presenting the legal principles of the Talmud see Elon, Menachem, Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles (Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri) (Jewish Publication Socy. 1994)Google Scholar.

3. The Tannaim were the first group of sages involved in the creation of the Talmud as they were responsible for the Mishnah. The second group of sages, the Amoraim, studied and amplified the Mishnah and were responsible for the Gemara, the Talmud. The Amoraim are discussed in Chapter 4.