Guides

Short 15th-century guide with practical instructions for studying the Talmud and its commentaries

20th-century introductory work to the Jerusalem Talmud and select tractates of the Babylonian Talmud by Jacob Nachum Epstein.

20th-century introductory work to the Mishnah, Tosefta, and select midrashim, by Jacob Nachum Epstein.

20th-century introductions by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz that explain the content and themes of each tractate and chapter.

19th-century introduction to the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds describing talmudic methodology and the development of oral law.

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