Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on March 6, 2018

The Talmud is a compilation of rabbinic discussions that comprise the foundation of Jewish law and tradition.The Talmuds are structured as expansions and commentary on the Mishnah,anearlywritten compilation of the Oral Torahproduced circa 200 CE.These Talmudic commentaries onJewish morals, values, customs, history, and biblical interpretation had previously been passed down orally. To preserve these oral traditions, the Talmuds wereassembled in written form. Two different Talmuds were produced by Jewish scholarsThe Jerusalem Talmudor Yerushalmi circa 400 C.E. andthe Babylonian Talmud or Bavlicirca 600 C.E. Logos is proud to offer the English translations of both The Babylonian Talmud and The Jerusalem Talmud, edited by the celebrated scholar of Judaism, Jacob Neusner.

Neusner is the author and editor of over nine hundred books, and his translations of Hebrew and Aramaic works are studied all over the world. These insightful translations provide a gateway into two of the most complex works ever created, and lead to enhanced understanding of rabbinic Judaism.

Adding the Talmuds to Logos Bible Software will provide the opportunity to link more references than almost any other set of books we havent yet produced. To pick one example, in the books that Logos Bible Software has already digitized, there are more than 6,500 references to the tractate Berakhot, which is just one of the 49 tractates included in the Talmuds! With Logos Bible Software, these volumesare easily searchable, Scripture passages appear on mouse-over, and all cross-references are linked to the other resources in your library.

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He has published more than nine hundred books and innumerable articles, and he is editor of The Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period and the five-volume Encyclopaedia of Judaism. He has also served as President of the American Academy of Religion, and was appointed as Member of the National Council on the Humanities and the National Council on the Arts.

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