How to quote the Talmud?

Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell

Hey folks... I'm just wondering if anyone knows if there are any reference rules for quoting the Talmud, and if so, what they would be.

For example, I've got a quote from the Babylonian Talmud, Volume 2 (Shabbat), Chapter 1, Section 1:1. how would I go about footnoting this in a paper?

Thanks!

 

David Knoll

 

"Abbreviations distinguish the versions of the Talmudic tractates: y. for Jerusalem and b. for Babylonian. A prefixed t. denotes the tractates of the

Tosefta and an m. those of the Mishnah. A prefixed bar. denotes a baraita

(an authoritative Tannaitic rule external to the Mishnah). When citing the

Mishnah, a colon separates the chapter from the paragraph (i.e., mishnah);

thus, m. Ber. 1:1. The standard way to cite the Talmud is by folio and side (a

or b); "

SBL Handbook of Style

 

Thus: 

 

m. Šabb 1:1

 

(If I understand you correctly and you want to cite the passage that contains the parable of the pauper standing outside)