The First Comprehensive Summary, for the English Reader, of the Teaching of the Talmud and the Rabbis on Ethics, Religion, Folk-lore and Jurisprudence. Cohen does an excellent job of presenting the origins of Talmudic literature and summarizing in a meaningful way the many doctrines it contains.

The First Comprehensive Summary, for the English Reader, of the Teaching of the Talmud and the Rabbis on Ethics, Religion,Folk-lore and Jurisprudence. Cohen does an excellent job of presenting the origins of Talmudic literature and summarizing in a meaningful way the many doctrines it contains.

A heart-felt and vivid navigation through the life and experiences of a Jewish boy growing up in post war Bombay in the late Forties, Fifties and early Sixties; into manhood in England in the early Sixties, to the present day. How it is completely imperative, and absolutely crucial that, when plastering a new wall, the plaster MUST be levelled off and smoothed at the time of plastering and while it is still wet and pliable as, alas, if this is not done, it will be far, far too late to level and smooth it off later when it has dried, and a lovely, new wall that would have been, will be ruined. . This book records, in detail, the obvious and the not-so-obvious thoughts and experiences of one boy and, later, the man, who so wanted, above all, to be a normal Jew. The trials and tribulations of this boy and, later, the man, who was effectively made an outcast by his own community for 'marrying out', compounded by the fact that he was a born Priest -- a Cohen.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

Translated Into English For The First Time, With Introduction, Commentary, Glossary And Indices.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e

Translated Into English For The First Time, With Introduction, Commentary, Glossary And Indices.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

Translated Into English For The First Time, With Introduction, Commentary, Glossary And Indices.

The First Comprehensive Summary, for the English Reader, of the Teaching of the Talmud and the Rabbis on Ethics, Religion, Folk-lore and Jurisprudence. Cohen does an excellent job of presenting the origins of Talmudic literature and summarizing in a meaningful way the many doctrines it contains

"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.