An enlightening book for all religious faiths

books:

	• Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages Abraham Cohen Schocken, 1995 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

excellent introduction to Talmud!

I checked this book out from a library and was impressed enough to want a copy. With the understanding that no book could condense the entirety of the Talmud into a small volume and maintain the full discourses on the expounding of jewish law, this is as close as I've found on the subject. I am told the Talmud can be a book that you can study for a lifetime. This book as the "Everyman's Talmud" is not the Talmud of the rabbinical godal but a short summation of an exhaustive study and can give you quite a feel for the fullness of the work. As a christian I hope this has given me a more complete view of rabbinical law. I feel it has, and would recommend it.

for more information click here

Very interesting... but difficult to read

The content is great, but be aware that the typography is abysmal and is difficult to read.

for more information click here

An enlightening book for all religious faiths

This book will provide you with a great deal of insight into the scriptures. Since Christianity has its roots in Judaism, this book is valuable in increasing your knowledge to God's written word. The text size could be a little bigger than it was for easier reading.

Insightful, fun and revealing!

I found this book to be a wonderful resource for insight into Biblical thinking.I have found the insights of the talmud to bring clarity and understanding to my Christian vocation and my relationship with Christ. Very worthwhile read!

for more information click here

meet the rabbis

really worth reading, this is one fine introduction into the literture of the thoughts of the rabbi,or the teacher in the time of JESUS.

reviews: page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

"To some readers of this book, the Talmud represents little more than a famous Jewish book. But people want to know about a book that, they are told, defines Judaism. Everyman's Talmud is the right place to begin not only to learn about Judaism in general but to meet the substance of the Talmud in particular. . . . In time to come, Cohen's book will find its companion-though I do not anticipate it will ever require a successor for what it accomplishes with elegance and intelligence: a systematic theology of the Talmud's Judaism."
--From the Foreword by Jacob Neusner

Long regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism: the doctrine of God; God and the universe; the soul and its destiny; prophesy and revelation; physical life; moral life and social living; law, ethics, and jurisprudence; legends and folk traditions; the Messiah and the world to come.

for more information click here

hot