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Title: The Talmud, The Steinsaltz Edition : A Reference Guide by ADIN RABBI STEINSALTZ ISBN: 0-679-77367-3 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 09 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very comprehensive. Maybe a little too academic for some.
Comment: Note: this review is not just for this one volume but for the entire series. This volume is a reference guide and is a good basis, but the meat of Talmud study takes place in the rest of the series.
The main problem with studying Talmud is that at any point in the Talmud, you are expected to know the rest of the Talmud. The way to circumvent this problem is to study Talmud with a group and make sure there is at least one rabbi presence (two or more is optimal since much of the learning comes from the divergent viewpoints and the tension in between.)
What Steinsaltz seems to be trying to do is to place almost every commentary into the his series. This is great for the commentaries, however if you are not familiar with the particular tractate (Ketubos and Bava Metziah are the tractates currently published but there are other ones.) or the argument you will lose the thread of the argument and something that relies on you remembering a statement made a page back is going to be difficult since most Talmud "pages" (long story but there is a popular class in which you study a Talmud page a day) are taking about 4-7 pages to play out.
This is an invaluable book in conjunction with a class. It is also a great series if you have already studied these tractates and would like to come back and see what you've missed (and in Talmud study you do tend to miss a few things, especially if you are starting out and you don't know all the context.)
However, I would recommend the Artscroll Talmud if you are a beginner.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Introduction to "Wisdom Literature" for All Faiths.
Comment: It is said that there is a Talmud for every generation, and the one for now and the next fifty years or so is the Steinsaltz edition, first in Hebrew, and now appearing in English at the rate of a couple of volumes a year from Random House. The "Reference Guide" is a "how to use this tool" sort of book, but in Steinsaltz's unusual case such a specialised book turns out to have general application. For the Christian who wonders about the relevance of Scripture to life -- and what exegesis can mean for lay people of faith -- this Reference Guide can serve as an introduction to their own faith reading. For the youngster attracted to the classics of the East, as Rabbi Steinsaltz was for many years, the book can serve to teach just what books _are_, how to use them, how to be captivated and even captured without being enslaved. For the Jew whose Hebrew -- and Aramaic, and Greek, and history, and.. -- are not up to full-time Talmudic study, this guide can be just that, a guide, and one which will very likely lead to buying the rest of the English language volumes as they appear. A natural bar and bat mitzvah present for all, except those so frum the boys will already have read it in Hebrew. :-) -dlj
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Title: Learn Talmud How to Use the Talmud the Steinsaltz Edition by Judith Z. Abrams, Adin Steinsaltz ISBN: 1568214634 Publisher: Jason Aronson Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Entering the High Holy Days: A Guide to the Origins, Themes, and Prayers by Reuven Hammer ISBN: 0827606095 Publisher: Jewish Publication Society Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter ISBN: 046500427X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: July, 1983 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
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Title: The Jews in the Greek Age by Elias J. Bickerman ISBN: 0674474910 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Duties of the Soul: The Role of Commandments in Liberal Judaism by Niles Elliot Goldstein, Peter S. Knobel ISBN: 0807406538 Publisher: Union of American Hebrew Congregations Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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