Exploring the Talmud. Volume I: Education

Dimitrovsky, Haim Z. (Editor). Exploring the Talmud. Volume I: Education. New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1976. First edition. XXVII, [1], 377pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Fascinating work devoted to the topic of education that was the first in a projected series of anthologies of classic articles on Talmudic subjects. As Dimitrovsky points out in his learned introduction to the volume, the essays reflect more than a hundred years of scholarship employing different methods and standards. This is a valuable contribution to the study of education in the rabbinic period and provides an evocative overview of some of the more important subjects, such as conceptions of education, the roles of rabbis and teachers, the nature of the teaching process, and depictions of the schools and academies. Very minor rubbing and soiling on binding. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (26548) $75