From the waters of Babylon to the modern page-a-day study practice of Daf Yomi, the Talmud has kept Jewish minds engaged over millennia. Now a new book gives the ancient transcription of Judaism’s ...

While the Jewish Bible is the most acclaimed book ever written, its companion text, The Talmud, is perhaps one of the most maligned religious texts ever. From after it was canonized until today, ...

During the Lenten season of 2004 there was considerable fury over Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ and its depiction of Jewish leaders conspiring to hand Jesus over to the Romans for ...

In the Talmud, a pagan asks the first-century B.C. sage Hillel the Elder to teach him the whole Torah while he stands on one foot. Hillel replies with the Golden Rule: “That which is hateful to you, ...

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