Avot D'Rabbi Natan - Chapters of the Fathers

Masekhet Avot D'Rabbi Natan Chapters of the Fathers Ethics of the Fathers Rabbi Natan H'Babli Hardback Avot D'Rabbi Nathan (Hebrew: אבות דרבי נתן), usually printed together with the minor tractates of the Talmud, is a Jewish aggadic work probably compiled in the geonic era (c.700–900 CE). Although Avot de-Rabbi Nathan is the first and longest of the "minor tractates", it probably does not belong in that collection chronologically, having more the character of a late midrash. In the form now extant it contains a mixture of Mishnah and Midrash, and may be technically designated as a homiletical exposition of the Mishnaic tractate Pirkei Avot, having for its foundation an older recension of that tractate. It may be considered as a kind of "tosefta" or "gemarah" to the Mishna Avot, which does not possess a traditional gemarah. Avot D'Rabbi Nathan contains many teachings, proverbs, and incidents that are not found anywhere else in the early rabbinical literature. Other rabbinical sayings appear in a more informal style than what is found in Pirkei Avot. Product details ISBN/SKU: 978-1-61704-646-9 Trim Size: 6.000" x 9.000" (229mm x 152mm) Paper Color: White 50 Hardback: Case Laminate Laminate Type: Gloss Page Count: 200