TALMUD WATCH:
New Talmud ‘biography’ seeks to bring the foundational text to life. Prof. Barry Scott Wimpfheimer has studied the Oral Law since he was 17; now he shares its story with an accessible, big picture view of its centrality to Judaism (Rich Tenorio, Times of Israel).
I noted the publication of
The Talmud: A Biography, by Barry Scott Wimpfheimer,
here earlier this year. This article discusses the book at some length and interviews the author.
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