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The Talmud
- A History of the Talmud, by David Charles Kraemer. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. An accessible introduction to one of the religion's most important texts.
- Babylonian Talmud (Hebrew: Bavli Talmud). A literary work of monumental proportions which draws upon the totality of the spiritual, intellectual, ethical, historical, and legal traditions produced in rabbinic circles from the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in the first century until the Muslim conquest at the beginning of the seventh century. Sefaria open source texts online with commentaries and connections. Hebrew and English.
- Jerusalem Talmud (Hebrew: Talmud Yerushalmi). Also called the Palestinian Talmud, the Yerushalmi is an extensive literary work consisting of both halakhah and aggadah. Sefaria open source texts online with commentaries and connections. Hebrew and English.
- Learning to Read Talmud. A rich variety of approaches to the study and teaching of the Talmud.
- The Talmud = [Talmud Bavli] : the Steinsaltz edition / commentary by Adin Steinsaltz.
- Talmud Bavli = [Talmud Bavli] : the Schottenstein edition. The Gemara : the classic Vilna edition, with an annotated, interpretive elucidation, as an aid to Talmud study.
- Talmud Bavli: ʻim kol ha-mefarshim ka-asher nidpas mi-ḳedem ṿe-ʻim hosafot ḥadashot ka-mevoʼar ba-shaʻar ha-sheni. by H Wolofsky (Harry), 1876-1949, (Printer), Eagle Publishing Co. Ltd. (Printer). Known as the "1919 Montreal Talmud", which’s publication was termed “the most important event in the annals of Canadian Jewry,” by Canadian Jewish Congress president Lyon Cohen. Copy in McGill University's Nahum Gelber Law Library's Rare Books Canadiana collection: full bound black leather, embossed framed title on cover stamped in blind, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and ornamentation.
