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Wisdom of the Talmud

By: Ben Zion Bokser
Narrated by: Allen O'Reilly
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This is a highly comprehensive introduction to the Talmud, the age-old storehouse of Jewish wisdom. Bokser covers the long history of the Talmud, from its origin in the Babylonian exile, its growth through the five centuries after the Roman destruction of the Temple, and the later persecution of the Talmud. The book covers a number of high-level topics, including social ethics and personal morality, with numerous examples from the Talmud. Ben Zion Bokser was one of the major Conservative rabbis of America. He stressed the Rabbinic sages and the Talmud as the source of Judaism. "This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible. It is, of course, a fallacious impression. Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." Bokser affirms revelation, but revelation is always framed in humans by man. "Man receives a divine communication when the divine spirit rests on him, but man must give form to that communication."

©1951 Philosophical Library (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Judaism Philosophy Sacred Writing Middle East Talmud English
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Narrated so fast it is impossible to consider the words and the words within the sentence. Pauses are nearly nil. Needed to rewind frequently, really unfortunate it wasn't checked prior to release.
Audiobooks are meant to be relaxing, not hurried and rushed.

Waaaaaaay too fast

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It was hard to listen to someone continually referring to the land of Israel/ Judea as “Palestine” even long before the Romans labelled the area as “Syria-Palestina” in the 2nd century CE. To refer to the land as Palestine, when it was known under indigenous names of Israel & Judea, when the name Palestine didn’t even exist, makes this hard to trust as being historically accurate.

Lots of good info, but lacking historical factuality

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