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Though ancient rabbinic texts are fundamental to analyzing the history of Judaism, they are also daunting for the novice to read. Rabbinic literature presumes tremendous prior knowledge, and its fascinating twists and turns in logic can be disorienting. Rabbinic Drinking helps learners at every level navigate this brilliant but mystifying terrain by focusing on rabbinic conversations about beverages, such as beer and wine, water, and even breast milk. By studying the contents of a drinking vessel—including the contexts and practices in which they are imbibed—Rabbinic Drinking surveys key themes in rabbinic literature to introduce readers to the main contours of this extensive body of historical documents.Features and Benefits:Contains a broad array of rabbinic passages, accompanied by didactic and rich explanations and contextual discussions, both literary and historicalThematic chapters are organized into sections that include significant and original translations of rabbinic textsEach chapter includes in-text references and concludes with a list of both referenced works and suggested additional readings

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"The study of the mapping class group Mod(S) is a classical topic that is experiencing a renaissance. It lies at the juncture of geometry, topology, and group theory. This book explains as many important theorems, examples, and techniques as possible, quickly and directly, while at the same time giving full details and keeping the text nearly self-contained. The book is suitable for graduate students.The book begins by explaining the main group-theoretical properties of Mod(S), from finite generation by Dehn twists and low-dimensional homology to the Dehn-Nielsen-Baer theorem. Along the way, central objects and tools are introduced, such as the Birman exact sequence, the complex of curves, the braid group, the symplectic representation, and the Torelli group. The book then introduces Teichm©oller space and its geometry, and uses the action of Mod(S) on it to prove the Nielsen-Thurston classification of surface homeomorphisms. Topics include the topology of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, the connection with surface bundles, pseudo-Anosov theory, and Thurston's approach to the classification"--Provided by publisher.

Mappings (Mathematics) --- Class groups (Mathematics) --- Groups, Class (Mathematics) --- Algebraic number theory --- Commutative rings --- Ideals (Algebra) --- Maps (Mathematics) --- Functions --- Functions, Continuous --- Topology --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- 3-manifold theory. --- Alexander method. --- Birman exact sequence. --- BirmanЈilden theorem. --- Dehn twists. --- DehnЌickorish theorem. --- DehnЎielsenЂaer theorem. --- Dennis Johnson. --- Euler class. --- FenchelЎielsen coordinates. --- Gervais presentation. --- Grtzsch's problem. --- Johnson homomorphism. --- Markov partitions. --- Meyer signature cocycle. --- Mod(S). --- Nielsen realization theorem. --- NielsenДhurston classification theorem. --- NielsenДhurston classification. --- Riemann surface. --- Teichmller mapping. --- Teichmller metric. --- Teichmller space. --- Thurston compactification. --- Torelli group. --- Wajnryb presentation. --- algebraic integers. --- algebraic intersection number. --- algebraic relations. --- algebraic structure. --- annulus. --- aspherical manifold. --- bigon criterion. --- braid group. --- branched cover. --- capping homomorphism. --- classifying space. --- closed surface. --- collar lemma. --- compactness criterion. --- complex of curves. --- configuration space. --- conjugacy class. --- coordinates principle. --- cutting homomorphism. --- cyclic subgroup. --- diffeomorphism. --- disk. --- existence theorem. --- extended mapping class group. --- finite index. --- finite subgroup. --- finite-order homeomorphism. --- finite-order mapping class. --- first homology group. --- geodesic laminations. --- geometric classification. --- geometric group theory. --- geometric intersection number. --- geometric operation. --- geometry. --- harmonic maps. --- holomorphic quadratic differential. --- homeomorphism. --- homological criterion. --- homotopy. --- hyperbolic geometry. --- hyperbolic plane. --- hyperbolic structure. --- hyperbolic surface. --- inclusion homomorphism. --- infinity. --- intersection number. --- isotopy. --- lantern relation. --- low-dimensional homology. --- mapping class group. --- mapping torus. --- measured foliation space. --- measured foliations. --- metric geometry. --- moduli space. --- orbifold. --- orbit. --- outer automorphism group. --- pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism. --- punctured disk. --- quasi-isometry. --- quasiconformal map. --- second homology group. --- simple closed curve. --- simplicial complex. --- stretch factors. --- surface bundles. --- surface homeomorphism. --- surface. --- symplectic representation. --- topology. --- torsion. --- torus. --- train track.