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Book Description: "This is the introduction to Rodkinsons' translation. A history of the Talmud, starting with its five hundred years of composition from the first to fifth centuries [AD], and its bitter persecution from antiquity, through the Reformation up to the 19th Century. Includes biographies of the dozens of authors who wrote the Talmud, and a detailed bibliography through 1900." (Quote from sacred-texts.com) Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Preface; Volume I: History Of The Talmud; Introduction; Origin Of The Talmud; Development Of The Talmud In The First Century; Persecution Of The Talmud From The Destruction Of The Temple To The Third Century; Development Of The Talmud In The Third Century; The Two Talmuds; The Sixth Century: Persian And Byzantine Persecution Of The Talmud; The Eight Century: The Persecution Of The Talmud By The Karaites; Islam And Its Influence On The Talmud; The Period Of Greatest Diffusion Of Talmudic Study; The Spanish Writers On The Talmud; Talmudic Scholars Of Germany And Northern France; The Doctors Of France; Authors Of The Tosphoth; Religious Disputes Of All Periods; The Talmud In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries; Polemics With Muslims And Frankists; Persecution During The Seventeenth Century; Attacks On The Talmud In The Nineteenth Century; The Affair Of Rohling-bloch; Exilarchs, Talmud At The Stake And Its Development At The Present Time; Appendix A; Appendix B; Volume ii: Historical And Literary Introduction To The New Edition Of The Talmud; The Combination Of The Gemara, The Sophrim And The Eshcalath; The Generations Of The Tanaim; The Amoraim Or Expounders Of The Mishna; The Classification Of Halakha And Hagada In The Contents Of The Gemara; Apocryphal Appendices To The Talmud And Commentaries; Plate Facing Page 48: Contents Of The Talmud In Hebrew; Epitomes, Codifications, Manuscripts And Printed Editions Of The Talmud; Translations Of The Talmud; Bibliography Of Modern Works And Mon