Abstinence and Holiness, Embracing Self-Deprivation

Reading Tractate Nazir in the Babylonian Talmud

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Joshua A. Fogel

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The Babylonian Talmud is a product of late antique rabbinical discourse and debate. It is an immense, complex, multi-volume work divided by topics into tractates which are written in a mixture of Hebrew and Aramaic. Tractate Nazir deals with a person (male or female) who basically assumes three abstentions for a defined period of time: no wine or product of the grapevine, no cutting of bodily hair, and no contact with a human corpse. The practice itself is controversial within Judaism. Nonetheless, virtually every conceivable factor involved in a vow to be a nazir is debated by the rabbis in this tractate and in great detail. This volume is arranged by Talmudic folio pages and is aimed at explaining the intricacies of the original text. It may be read on its own and in conjunction with the tractate itself as an aid to understanding.

Author Biography:

Joshua A. Fogel is professor of history at the York University in Toronto and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Release date Australia

December 15th, 2023

Author

Joshua A. Fogel

Pages

212

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

151x228x15

ISBN-13

9780761874133

Product ID

38201057

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