Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - [b-hebrew] Talmud availability

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>
  • To: "'b-hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Talmud availability
  • Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:35:11 -0500

The Talmud is relatively accessible now, thanks to the internet:

Palestinian: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/r/r0.htm or
http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/b/r/r0.htm
Babylonian: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/l/l0.htm or
http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/b/l/l0.htm

Scans: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/talmud/indexeng.htm or
http://www.e-daf.com/

English Translation: http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/talmud.htm

Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew Poetry)
Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca
Hebrew vocabulary software: http://s91279732.onlinehome.us/flash or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flash_pro/join

> > >Lack of copies of the Talmud in all the major
> > > public libraries in my area is also suspicious.
> >
> > Yes, it is. Your librarians are obviously anti-Semites. Now let's be
> > serious. The Talmud is a multi-volume, highly specialized
> legalistic text
> > in an Aramaic dialect not used by anyone else. Jews begin
> to study the
> > Talmud after several years of preliminary study. There are
> not a lot of
> > good English translations, and those that do exist are also
> expensive. Why
> > should a public library put out good money for an expensive
> series that
> > nobody's going to read. Go to any university that has a
> serious Jewish
> > Studies program and you'll find a copy.
>
> Every edition I've ever seen also costs as much as some new
> cars, and I have
> yet to see a public library that had enough money...I suggest that if
> Jonathan thinks this is a serious problem in his area,
> perhaps he could foot
> the bill and buy a Talmud for his local public library. I'm
> sure they would
> be happy to accept the donation!





Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page