This, the first volume of a five-volume edition of the third order of the Jerusalem Talmud, deals with Jewish marital law and related topics. The volume is concerned with levirate marriage, considering other Jewish sects at the same time, with forbidden marriages and the judicial treatment of missing husbands, with the incapability to marry, and with the status of married juveniles.

The publication of one volume per year is planned.

Key feature

· Continuation of the well-received English-Aramaic edition

Autorentext

Heinrich W. Guggenheimer is Professor Emeritus of Polytechnic University, Brooklyn NY, USA. He has published widely in the fields of Mathematics, Jewish Studies and Philosophy.

Klappentext

The original text of the Jerusalem Talmud is here established on the basis of the editio princeps and the existing manuscripts. The text is fully vocalized. This edition also presents the first English scholarly translation and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud. All technical terms and syllogisms are explained. The edition will serve as a necessary foundation for the understanding of all rabbinic tradition once the entire Talmud has been commented.