# The Babylonian Talmud
edited by Rabbi Dr. Isidore Epstein
of Jews’ College, London

More than fifteen years in the making, more than 5 1/2 million words, this monumental task of scholarship called on the best brains in Judaism and won the approval of the world's top rabbis. Yet few Christians today even know it exists, and you will probably not find it in your local public library. The Come and Hear™ hypertext version, currently on line at this web site, represents approximately 1431 folios (produced as accurately as possible). We hope this presentation will provide the necessary context for understanding ancient and modern rabbinical teachings. We hope the larger context will also enable you to evaluate how fairly various commentators interpret the text. Passages censored in previous editions of the Talmud were restored, and the translators amplified the text with extensive footnotes that form a running commentary. The publication was completed as a 35-volume set in 1952, and republished in 18 volumes in 1961. Each tractate was accompanied by a glossary, a table of abbreviations, an index of Biblical references, and a general subject index. In 1952, Soncino published a comprehensive Index volume collating the indices from all tractates, and included an index to the statements of each of the Sages. The Jew's College/Soncino English translation of the Babylonian Talmud has remained the gold standard of English Talmuds for six decades.

| Table of Contents — What's On Line SEDER ZERA‘IM — Introduction Tractate Berakoth SEDER MO‘ED — Foreword — Introduction Tractate Shabbath SEDER NASHIM — Foreword — Introduction Tractate Yebamoth Tractate Kethuboth Tractate Nedarim Tractate Nazir Tractate Sotah Tractate Gittin SEDER NEZIKIN — Foreword — Introduction Tractate Baba Kamma Tractate Baba Mezi‘a Tractate Baba Bathra Tractate Sanhedrin Tractate ‘Abodah Zarah Tractate Horayoth SEDER KODASHIM — Foreword — Introduction SEDER TOHOROTH — Introduction Tractate Niddah Tractate Tohoroth Structure of Files for Come and Hear™ Hypertext Soncino Talmud Glossary Abbreviations Used in the Soncino Talmud Search the Babylonian Talmud Kudos for Soncino

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