NO OF PAGES: 1084 SUB CAT I: Talmud SUB CAT II: Wisdom SUB CAT III: Rabbinics DESCRIPTION: The wisdom of the great religious teachers in classical Judaic thought is signalized in this landmark examination of the ancient texts that form the basis for the rabbinic code of ethics and conduct of daily life. Hitherto not easily available, "The Sages" can now, in this new paperback edition, bestow its riches on students and general readers interested in religious history and rabbinic thought and belief. Ephraim Urbach is a master interpreter of rabbinic literature and of the Greco-Roman world in which it was created. He gives us here a vivid picture of the men, the world, and the intellectual ferment that produced the Talmud and Midrash, as well as a systematic account of the rabbis' social and religious thought. It is a literary tapestry, inter-weaving Biblical quotations, rabbinic dicta, and Urbach's comments, analysis, and discussion.NOTES: Donated by Tim Hegg. SUBTITLE: Their Concepts and Beliefs