Talmud

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Early teacher of Jewish law and theology.

Jews and Christians read their own ideas about authority into this ancient legislative institution.

Early Amoraim engaged in respectful debate.

This medieval talmudist's religious tolerance was ahead of his time.

From Prohibition to Precedent.

A companion volume to Pirkei Avot.

The grandson of Rashi and leader of medieval French Jewry.

The beloved Torah commentator also wrote a much-used commentary on the Talmud.

How the sages' debates across many generations became the monumental works known as the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds

The first day of the year becomes the day of judgment.

The Talmud treats the law as a given; its agenda is to see how the different understandings of that law relate to each other.