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Abstinence and Holiness, Embracing Self-Deprivation

Reading Tractate Nazir in the Babylonian Talmud
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 2023

Summary

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.

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Edition
1/2023
Copyright Year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-7413-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-7414-0
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
202
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Introduction No access
  1. Definitions No access Pages 1 - 24
  2. Cows, Doors, and Wine No access Pages 25 - 50
  3. Graveyard Vows and Outsized Vows No access Pages 51 - 68
  4. “And I,” Women, and Sacrificial Animals No access Pages 69 - 100
  5. Mistakes and Misunderstandings No access Pages 101 - 110
  6. The Three Proscriptions of Nezirut No access Pages 111 - 146
  7. Corpse Contamination No access Pages 147 - 168
  8. Doubts and Certainties No access Pages 169 - 178
  9. Tumah of the Deep and Floating Tumah No access Pages 179 - 192
  10. Glossary No access Pages 193 - 194
  11. Index No access Pages 195 - 198
  12. Biblical and Rabbinic Reference Index No access Pages 199 - 200
  13. About the Author No access Pages 201 - 202

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