We know that the Talmud combines elements of the U.S. Federal Register with Aesop's Fables, the Federalist Papers with Poor Richard's Almanack. It is the next-generation (after the Torah) source material for the Jewish legal code and articulates the principles for Jewish religious life without a temple. It also records the Jewish cnversation for centuries.
In this 3-session mini-course, we will get a brief taste of the varieties of Talmudic dialogue and enjoy the meanderings of their arguments and discussions.
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