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book aims to give objective, factual information concerning the whole of the Talmud and to lead into the study of this literary monument equally remarkable for its origin, compass, contents, and the authority which has been accorded to it.

To the extent possible, the author has striven to let himself be influenced neither by polemical nor by apologetic interests.
"I shall consider" the author states in Introduction to the first edition, "myself amply rewarded for my laborious work if I shall succeed to remove many a prejudice, whether with those who are unconditionally hostile to the Talmud or with its overzealous admirers, and to pave the way for a more just and calm appraisal.
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The English translation of this widely used work is to all intents and purposes a sixth edition of the original.
It was prepared, according to instructions of the author as transmitted by his widow, from a copy of the fifth German edition revised by the author and marked: “Manuscript ready for the Printer.
For the English translation. ” The corrections were either noted on the margins or on separate slips, It was also the authors wish that numerous corrections which he had received from Dr, Samuel Klein of NovoZamki, Professor in the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as those contained in Professor Alexander Marxs review in the Jewish Quarterly , New Series,

XIII,, should as far as feasible be incorporated in this translation.
Moreover, without altering author's own words, the translator only added footnotes containing numerous parenthetical remarks, The book as the whole contains more than,footnotes all of them have been hyperlinked, Also, the matter appearing here as Appendices IIV has been taken out of the body of the book and placed at the end to make the book more readable in its English translation, while in no way impairing its usefulness as a work of reference.

Each section of the Introduction is based on a common plan: The text is briefly discussed variant textual versions of texts are discussed English translations are noted and entire books is fully annotated.
The book has sections on Rabbinical Hermeneutics and the Oral Tradition, It covers the Mishna, Tosefta, Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds as well as the extracanonical tractates, Best of all, it covers all the classical midrashic compilations includes all halakhic, exegetical and homiletic midrashim,
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Hermann L.
Strack A Christian German orientalistthe founder of Berlins Institutum Judaicum, Strack is the author of several important works dealing with Hebrew language and Talmud, On more then one occasion Strack defended the Jews and Judaism against antiSemitic attacks, However, he was an eager propagandist of Christianity among Jews and one should keep it in mind, .