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Daily Reflections on Idolatry: Reading Tractate Avodah Zarah of the Babylonian Talmud
Author(s): Joshua A. Fogel (Author)
- Publisher: Hamilton Books
- Publication Date: 14 Dec. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 206 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761859136
- ISBN-13: 9780761859130
Book Description
This volume looks at Avodah Zarah, a tractate of the Talmud concerning idolatry, page by page. Daily Reflections on Idolatry offers a modern commentary with doses of humor and comparative examples in an effort to both explain and humanize the text and make it even more accessible to contemporary readers.
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About the Author
Joshua A. Fogel is professor of history at the York University in Toronto and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
