THE HISTORY OF THE TALMUD

from the Time of Its Formation, about 200 B. C., up to the Present Time

DIVIDED INTO TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME I.--ITS DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERSECUTIONS SINCE ITS BIRTH UP TO DATE, INCLUDING ALL RELIGIOUS DISPUTES AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SEPARATED SECTS

VOLUME II.--THE HISTORICAL AND LITERARY INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION: ETHICS, METHOD, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS CRITICISM, ETC.

BY

MICHAEL L. RODKINSON

Volume I. (XIX.)

BOSTON

THE TALMUD SOCIETY

1918

Copyright, 1903, BY

MICHAEL L. RODKINSON

COPYRIGHT 1916, BY

NEW TALMUD PUBLISHING

TO HIM
WHO IS A LIBERAL DONOR TO ALL PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS
A FRIEND OF ISRAEL'S PUREST IDEALS, LITERATURE
AND RELIGION

ADOLPH LEWISOHN, ESQ.

THIS BOOK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR

MICHAEL L. RODKINSON

NEW YORK, IN MONTH ELUL, SEPTEMBER 1ST. 1903