The Hachi Garsinan Talmud project

THE TALMUD BLOG: “WE READ THUS”: ON HACHI GARSINAN AND LEARNING TALMUD IN THE 21ST CENTURY (amitgvaryahu).

It is not, however, an “edition.” Although it presents variants, and has mechanisms in place to separate significant from insignificant variants, it does not establish a text. It is an impressive and powerful tool for comparing texts, one that can help us do scholarship (and maybe prepare that critical edition!) much faster, and with fewer hassles and errors. It is an invaluable desktop for the professional but it does not offer much for the unskilled, who will not be able to use the variants or make sense of them this way.

I mentioned the Hachi Garsinan Talmud project last month here.