Maimonides' Hidden Torah Commentary -- Exodus 1-20
by Michael Leo Samuel
How the Talmud Works. the Brill Reference Library of Ancient Judaism, Volume 9
by Professor Jacob Neusner
Maimonides' Hidden Torah Commentary -- Volume 5 - Deuteronomy
by Michael Leo Samuel
Gemora Makkos - Perakim 1 & 2 - The Complete Linear Translation
by Rabbi Naftoli Eisemann
In learning the quirky tales of the Rabbis of the Talmud, we learn about ourselves. The classic tales of the Jewish sages in the Talmud defined Judaism then and help us find our way even today. In this highly accessible collection of funny, wise and poignant narratives, master teacher Burt Visotzky leads the reader through stories of the Rabbis who lived in the first generations following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. Opening up these sage tales to the modern reader, Visotzky...
Migrating Tales situates the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, in its cultural context by reading several rich rabbinic stories against the background of Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Mesopotamian literature of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, much of it Christian in origin. In this nuanced work, Richard Kalmin argues that non-Jewish literature deriving from the eastern Roman provinces is a crucially important key to interpreting Babylonian rabbinic literature, to a degree unimagined b...
Koren Talmud Bavli V9a: Rosh Hashana, Daf 2a-Daf 22a, Noe Color Pb, H/E
by Adin Steinsaltz
Koren Talmud Bavli V8a: Beitza, Daf 2a-Daf 23b, Noe Color Pb, H/E
by Adin Steinsaltz
Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism (Studies in Judaism)
by Jacob Neusner
This collection of ten essays and five book reviews draws on three years of work, from late 2005 through mid-2008. It begins with two Halakhic essays, one on the category-formations of the Halakhah and how to account for the ones that we do not have but ought to have anticipated. The argument proceeds to another way of formulating the historical problem of the Talmud, its roots in Scripture. This is followed by an account of how the Halakhah actualizes the Torah's narrative. Also included are fo...
The Talmud is a confusing piece of writing. It begins no where and ends no where but it does not move in a circle. It is written in several languages and follows rules that in certain circumstances trigger the use of one language over others. Its components are diverse. To translating it requires elaborate complementary language. It cannot be translated verbatim into any language. So a translation is a commentary in the most decisive way. The Talmud, accordingly, cannot be merely read but only s...
How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everythingTypically translated as "Jewish law," halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system has rarely wielded the political power to enforce its rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God—a claim no co...