The Babylonian Talmud in selection
By: edited and translated from the original Hebrew and Aramaic by Leo Auerbach.
Contributors: Auerbach, Leo.
Edition: [2d ed.]
Publisher: Philosophical library
Published: 1944
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Work titles: Talmud. Selections. English.
Description: The Talmud is a record of about a thousand years of accumulated Jewish learning and wisdom in all fields of endeavor: law, religion, ethics, history, science, and folklore. It includes Fathers of Mishna, the poor, sabbath, passover, atonement, fasting, childless widows, marriage contracts, adultery, divorces, civil law, laws of procedure, and oaths. This is the book to go to if you must know about Jewish history, law, and lore.