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May 2014
47m 48s

The Talmud

Bbc Radio 4
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and contents of the Talmud, one of the most important texts of Judaism. The Talmud was probably written down over a period of several hundred years, beginning in the 2nd century. It contains the authoritative text of the traditional Jewish oral law, and also an account of early Rabbinic discussion of, and commentary on, these laws. In later centuries scholars wrote important commentaries on these texts, which remain central to most strands of modern Judaism.

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Philip Alexander Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester

Rabbi Norman Solomon Former Lecturer at the Oxford Centre for Jewish and Hebrew Studies

Laliv Clenman Lecturer in Rabbinic Literature at Leo Baeck College and a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London

Producer: Thomas Morris.

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