Gripping! Rodkinson’s translation, The History of the Talmud introduces the Talmud. Tracing it from the first five centuries when it was composed, through its bitter persecution, the Reformation and until the 19th century, Rodkinson highlights several biographies of its multiple authors, besides a detailed bibliography through 1900. "Talmud" or Oral Law meaning "teaching" or "study" was the Scripture Israel learned. Recognized as one of the world’s wonders, it contains all the tractates in the Order Mo’ed (Festivals) and Nezikin (Damages) besides others. The Saburites in Babylonia sealed it, preventing alterations.
