Excerpt from Treasures of the Talmud: Being a Series of Classified Subjects in Alphabetical Order From "A" To "L," Compiled From the Babylonian Talmud The learned author of the present work, Treasures of the Talmud, has been for years engaged in the study of the vast collection of commentaries, notes, reflections, and traditions known as the Talmud - that strange, mysterious, mighty book, of which so many know the name, so few the contents. This volume will give the general reader some know ledge respecting the vast work. The extracts are well chosen, and I think will excite great interest. The field is a new one, untrodden save by a few scholars. I can not help feeling surprised that in the present age, when commentaries on the Holy Scriptures are so sought after, that more attention has not been given, in the case of the Old Testament books, to this most ancient and venerated work. It is no doubt full of wild tradition. It contains com ments, many of them untrue and mischievous, but em bedded in these, the patient scholar will find many a gem of thought, many a beautiful story handed down from remote antiquity, many a wise saying spoken by the great Teachers of the chosen people in far-back days. An intelligent study of the Talmud will indisputably throw light on much of the Old Testament, and will help us to understand more of that imperishable race once the people of God, the last chapter of whose eventful story has yet to be written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.