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From: mr@homxb.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG)
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Subject: Re: English Translation of the Talmud?
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Date: Thu, 28-Nov-85 02:09:50 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 28 02:09:50 1985
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> Has the Talmud (Mishnah, Gemara, etc.) been translated into English
> (along with enough additional information to make it understandable
> to someone not well-versed in Jewish theology?)
> 
> Yes, I'm aware that my request is akin to, say, "Brain-surgury
> made simple" or "Calculus in five easy lessons", so no flames on
> that score.
> 
> While I'm curious for myself (a brief look in a local bookstore
> turned up nothing), this note was prompted by a similar question
> by Don Black (8-Aug-1985) who stated that his only source for
> Talmudic questions has been "so-called 'hate-literature'" and
> that he "asked a book dealer a year ago to find [him] one.
> [He's] still waiting."
> Martin Minow
> decvax!minow

YES. The Talmud has been translated into english.
BUT if one is not well versed in the ideas of Judaism then portions
will present certain problems in understanding.

It is called:

	Hebrew-English Edition of the Babylonian Talmud

Published by:

	Traditional Press, New York, NY

Mark