Rabbinic literature : an essential guide - Neusner, Jacob, 1932- (Nashville : Abingdon Press, 2005)
What is rabbinic literature? Why is it important? -- The oral Torah -- The rabbinic canon : law (halakhah) -- The rabbinic canon theology (aggadah) -- Rabbinic literature and the Hebrew scriptures -- Rabbinic literature and the Christian scriptures.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Jewish law; Aggada -- History and criticism