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THE TALMUD: A SELECTION PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Norman Solomon | 896 pages | 30 Jun 2009 | Penguin Books Ltd | 9780141441788 | English | London, United Kingdom The Talmud: A Selection - Google книги To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Talmud , please sign up. Is it true that the Talmud has anti-Gentile sorry to use this term, this is because of my bad English teachings--such as a Gentile who hits a Jew must be killed? See 1 question about The Talmud…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Talmud: A Selection. Jan 29, James Violand rated it it was ok Recommends it for: fans of God. Shelves: own. And funny in a confusing way. Start with the premise that the Almighty is the Great Auditor intent on discovering whether you have screwed up in even the most innocent, minor way. He got you. At least that's what two rabbinical schools seem to have invented after the destruction of the Temple. One faction was in Palestine, the other in Babylon. Each throughout the ensuing year history, tried to dominate the other. They alienated much of the Jewish world by their precise requir Bizarre. They alienated much of the Jewish world by their precise requirements - according to the editor - and considered them better than the rest. It got so convoluted, that I had to laugh at the argument over a hypothetical man not yet home when the Sabbath began. What could he do? Traveling was considered wrong. Well, they came up with an arbitrary distance from his house where the man could be considered home, to where each man could pool this allowance and line up through the town to the spot where the latecomer was standing! But what if a fence intervened? Do we count in the measurement the height of the fence? What if he is at sea? Can he see land? Then they discus the height of a palm tree as some sort of measure. But which kind? The one in Palestine or the one in Babylon? These schools occasionally even curse their rivals! Sep 23, Daniel L. A Monument of Ancient Thought Made Accessible To help students of the Torah better understand the work that stands at the center of Judaism, scholars started a commentary; over the years, this commentary included commentaries on itself, and so the Talmud came into being, a work in importance to the Jewish faithful second only to the Bible itself. The Talmud includes commentary, proverbs, anecdotes, and histories, along with legal interpretation on the meaning of God's commandments in the Torah and A Monument of Ancient Thought Made Accessible To help students of the Torah better understand the work that stands at the center of Judaism, scholars started a commentary; over the years, this commentary included commentaries on itself, and so the Talmud came into being, a work in importance to the Jewish faithful second only to the Bible itself. The Talmud includes commentary, proverbs, anecdotes, and histories, along with legal interpretation on the meaning of God's commandments in the Torah and the rest of the Bible. It's a monumental work, comprising thousands of pages. For someone who wants to grasp the essence of the Talmud, an abridged edition is the best choice. Norman Solomon provides the excellent and reliable translation readers of the Penguin Classics have come to expect. My only misgiving is that the selection represents the first orders much more thoroughly than the later orders, leaving the impression that publishing constraints more than content dictated what was included and what had to be left out. That said, this volume is a monument of scholarship, both in the very detailed commentary, extensive appendices, and - most important - detailed introduction. With this fine book, one comes away with a very good understanding of the fundamentals of the Talmud. Aug 31, Mahmoud Haggui rated it did not like it. May 21, Stephen rated it it was amazing. Good addition to talmudic literature with a lot of material that I've never found in other selections of the talmud. Jul 01, Rebecca rated it it was amazing Shelves: judaica. The rating here is for the editor's thoughtful introduction and annotations. The text itself - well, it's the Talmud Nov 25, Jon-Erik rated it really liked it Shelves: judaica , rabbinic-literature. Anyone who wants to engage with rabbinic literature should use this book as a starting place, and you can pick your spot to go further in this ocean. This book serves as a much better introduction than some of the older, denser attempts at topic summaries A. Cohen or some of the other things that pop up on that kind of reading list. The translations are good. For the price, you can't get your hands on more of the Talmud. Though I prefer bilingual facing-page versions of texts like that, the onl Anyone who wants to engage with rabbinic literature should use this book as a starting place, and you can pick your spot to go further in this ocean. Though I prefer bilingual facing-page versions of texts like that, the only English one I know of is Artscroll's volume set, which is cost prohibitive for almost everyone to completely own. Cameron E. Dashti rated it it was amazing Oct 03, A law from the Mishnah is cited, followed by rabbinic deliberations on its meaning i. At times, the rabbinic discussions wander far afield from the original topic. The Talmuds, especially the Talmud of Babylonia, also contain a good deal of aggadah: commentary on biblical narratives, stories about biblical figures and earlier Rabbinic sages, and speculations concerning physical reality and human nature. In short, anything that was of interest to the Rabbis wound up in the Talmud, which in turn became a kind of encyclopedia of the Rabbinic mind. As books of law, the Talmuds differ greatly from the Mishnah in style and approach. The Mishnah states its rules in a straightforward manner, usually not supporting them with scriptural references or other argumentation. The Talmuds and this is especially true of the Babylonian Talmud are dialectical: their predominant form is debate, in which propositions are raised, attacked, refuted, and modified through the give-and-take of argument and counterargument. Thus for example, if a person wanted to find out about the laws related to Rosh HaShanah, one would go to the tractate called Rosh HaShanah and would find there numerous laws and customs related to the festival. Likewise, if one wanted to find the laws and customs about Shabbat, one could go to the tractate of the same name. As the earliest rabbinic interpretation of the Bible, the Talmud is indispensable to understanding the laws and customs still practiced today. The Talmudic discussion and its conclusions provide us with the origins of our many laws and customs. The Talmud: A Selection by Norman Solomon Show More. Related Searches. Folly Cove. An emotionally rich novel about family and secrets from the acclaimed author of Chance Harbor. The Bradford sisters are famous in Rockport, Massachusetts: for their beauty, their singing voices, their legendary ancestors, and their elegant mother, Sarah, who has View Product. Freddy and Fredericka. Friends and Lovers. 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