The Talmud - A Biography: Banned, censored and burned. The book they couldn't suppress

The story of the Talmud is the story of the Jewish people—a thrilling insight into Jewish culture and a devastating account of the history of anti-Semitism.

In The Talmud, Jewish scholar Harry Freedman tells the engrossing story of an ancient classic, the legal and mystical pillar of Judaism, and recounts the story of a chronicle that, in many ways, parallels the history of the Jewish people. Containing nearly two million words in thirty-seven volumes, the Talmud covers topics as diverse as ...