Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts; edited by Bary Holtz; Paperback; Approx $10.40.
Chapters Include: 1) Bible, 2) Talmud, 3) Midrash,
4) Medieval Bible Commentaries ("peshat" and rabbis such as Rashi, Ibn Ezra),
5) Medieval Jewish Philosophy (Maimonides/Rambam), 6) Kabbalistics Texts,
7) Teachings of the Hasidic Masters, 8) Prayer and the Prayer Book
448 pages with the above 8 chapters.
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature; Jacob Neusner, Hardcover; Approx $28.
From
the books jacket cover:
"This book introduces rabbinic literature as that canon
reached closure at the end of late antiquity, in the 7th century C.E.
The audience for this intro. is English speaking readers with an
interest in rabbinic Juadism who wish to know the character of each
of the Judaism's normative and canonical writings, beyond the Hebrew
Scriptures. Sheer love of the writing made me want to share with the
readers a small sample of a vast treasury of wisdom, learning,
beauty, but, above all, intellectual incandescence. Here is Israel's
light, beyond Scripture, Israel's treasury, for all to see.
- The Mishnah, The Tosefta, The Talmud of Israel, The Talmud of
Babylon, The Tannaaite Mishna compilations with Leviticus, Song of
Songs, Lamentations, Esther, Ruth, the Pentateuch, Mekhilta, Sifra,
and the two Sifres, Numbers and Deuteronomy, as well as those
produced by the authorities of the Talmuds, called Amoriam, and
tractate Abot, the Fathers, and its talmud, Abot de Rabbi Natan, the
Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. "
Very Thorough! 719 pages, with 25 main subdivisions.