The Babylonian Talmud Book 1 Vols I And Ii Scholars Choice Edition

Author : Michael L. Rodkinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330267936
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Vol. 1 written by Michael L. Rodkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Vol. 1: Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated, and Translated Into English The translator of the Talmud, who has now reached the thirteenth volume of his task, covering twenty-one tracts of this great work, certainly cannot point with any great pride to the fact that this is the second edition of his translation which first appeared in 1896, for he believes that the opening and bringing to light of a book so long withheld from the gaze of the curious, and even the learned, should have attracted more attention and deserved greater consideration than it has received. However, he is glad to see that thousands of readers have at last taken advantage of the opportunity of looking into the "sealed book," and to such an extent that second editions have become necessary, both of this volume and of the Tract Rosh Hashana of the fourth volume, which he has reedited and enlarged upon, adding many historical facts and legends, so that they now appear as practically new works. This is certainly an encouragement to him to continue his work, with the hope that in time it will gain the proper recognition and proper attention which he thinks this great work of the sixth century should receive at the hands of all scholars and even laymen. In revising this volume the translator had in mind the many criticisms which have been passed upon his effort and which have appeared in various papers throughout different countries, but he gave his attention to those only which were not prompted by animosity and jealousy. He begs to call the attention of all critics to the dictum of the Talmud, "Kal Hat'haloth Kashoth" (all beginnings are difficult); for, bearing this in mind, they would no doubt have been more moderate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.