Talmud

There is no getting away from the Babylonian Talmud--love it, hate it, or both.

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Early teacher of Jewish law and theology.

Jews and Christians read their own ideas about authority into this ancient legislative institution.

Early Amoraim engaged in respectful debate.

This medieval talmudist's religious tolerance was ahead of his time.

From Prohibition to Precedent.

A companion volume to Pirkei Avot.

The grandson of Rashi and leader of medieval French Jewry.

The beloved Torah commentator also wrote a much-used commentary on the Talmud.

How the sages' debates across many generations became the monumental works known as the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds