Everyman's Talmud

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. from the inside flap "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."</br>from the foreword by jacob neusnerlong 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. from the back cover 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.