Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash Book

	Translator's Note
	Foreword
	Preface
Pt. 1	General Introduction
I	The Historical Framework	1
II	The Rabbinic School System	9
III	Rabbinical Hermeneutics	17
IV	Oral and Written Tradition	35
V	Handling Rabbinic Texts: The Problem of Method	50
VI	The Rabbis	62
VII	Languages of Rabbinic Literature	111
Pt. 2	Talmudic Literature
I	The Mishnah	119
II	The Tosefta	167
III	The Palestinian Talmud	182
IV	The Babylonian Talmud	208
V	The Extracanonical Tractates	245
Pt. 3	Midrashim
I	Introduction	254
II	The Halakhic Midrashim	269
III	The Oldest Exegetical Midrashim	300
IV	Homiletic Midrashim	313
V	Midrashim on the Five Megillot	342
VI	Other Exegetical Midrashim	350
VII	Other Haggadic Works	354
VIII	Compilations: Commentaries called 'Midrash'	383
	Appendix	395
	Abbreviations	400
	Index of Subjects	405
	Index of Passages	436
	Index of Names	451