Volume I: History of the Talmud: Title Page

Sacred Texts Judaism Talmud Index Next Babylonian Talmud, Book 10: History of the Talmud, tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918] THE HISTORY OF THE TALMUD from the Time of Its Formation, about 200 B. C., up to the Present Time DIVIDED INTO TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I.--ITS DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERSECUTIONS SINCE ITS BIRTH UP TO DATE, INCLUDING ALL RELIGIOUS DISPUTES AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SEPARATED SECTS VOLUME II.--THE HISTORICAL AND LITERARY INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION: ETHICS, METHOD, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS CRITICISM, ETC. BY MICHAEL L. RODKINSON Volume I. (XIX.) BOSTON THE TALMUD SOCIETY 1918 scanned, August 2002, J.B. Hare, redactor p. ii Copyright, 1903, BY MICHAEL L. RODKINSON COPYRIGHT 1916, BY NEW TALMUD PUBLISHING p. iii TO HIM WHO IS A LIBERAL DONOR TO ALL PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS A FRIEND OF ISRAEL'S PUREST IDEALS, LITERATURE AND RELIGION ADOLPH LEWISOHN, ESQ. THIS BOOK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR MICHAEL L. RODKINSON NEW YORK, IN MONTH ELUL, SEPTEMBER 1ST. 1903 Next: Preface