The division of ps.-Aristotle's work into two
tractates has an interesting correspondence in the Indian tradition.
Abstract: This article describes the tripartite structure, a formative style used in the redaction of some sugyot in
Tractate Eruvin.
To further redistribute wealth, agriculturalists were required to make portions of their fields available for harvesting by the poor, a system described in the Talmud
tractates Pe'ah and D'mai and illustrated in the book of Ruth [2: 2].
Accordingly, the extraordinary affinities between the Wurzburg
tractates and the Monarchian Prologues preserved in early manuscripts of the Vulgate form no part of her story.
In several passages, the author points out how the citation of relevant material from other
tractates in the Mishnah (sometimes with additional interpretation) was intended to serve as an effective form of commentary.
Kenney finds affinities between the Tripartite
Tractate and Numenius, and notes that, since Sophia is now the Logos and the fall is predetermined, the
tractate evinces only a modified enmity to the visible creation.
This volume deals with Oral Tora(h), Halakhaic literature, Mishna, Tosefta, Talmud, and External
Tractates, how these genres came about, central items or schools within them, and their textual and literary forms.
In three literary volumes, each comprising multiple physical volumes, Neusner (theology, Bard College) walks particular
tractates through the four foundational documents of formative Judaism that he has translated and discussed previously.
Such is the translation and commentary to the Tosefta
tractates Shekalim and Jom ha-kippurim in the Kohlhammer series of Tosefta translations with commentary.
The Talmud is divided into orders, sedarim, which in turn are divided into
tractates, masekhtot, and each
tractate contains a number of chapters, perakim.
The Jerusalem Talmud: Second Order: Mo'ed:
Tractates Pesahim and Yoma
Having produced translations and studies of the four principle documents of formative Judaism, Neusner (theology, Bard College) set out to follow single
tractates though them.