The Talmud, the wisdom and secret of the Jews
By gohsh3
@gohsh3 (28)
Malaysia
September 19, 2006 2:43am CST
I have recently read something about the Talmud of Jews. Without any bias opinion, I wish to invite discussion on the wisdoms of this book. With limited understanding, I was impressed by the teachings especially on the business dealings. Imagine they targeted the women consummers a few thousand years ago. Want to deal with the Jews, read their Talmud.
3 responses
@shtundelnezbin (27)
• United States
5 Oct 06
i actualy study the talmud every day and am very impressed by there wisdom
@RazPenny (26)
• United States
26 Apr 08
To echo something on which Cory said, Everyday Talmud by Abraham Cohen was a great read and very helpful for me when I started studying Judaism. Even the Orthodox Jews I have met seem to be pretty impressed with his writing over the subject.
I think my biggest beef is the Mishna being counted as Torah. I have found a great lot of wisdom within the Talmud as a whole and do not disregard the Mishna or the Gemara as a source of Jewish wisdom. It is those that think it has been passed down from Moshe alongside the Torah which I find annoying. Especially when in Kings when it covers Josiah's reign it seems to imply a period of Yisrael's history in which they did not have the Torah at all.
@RazPenny (26)
• United States
26 Apr 08
I should have clarified something.
The reason I take issue with that is if there was a period when the Hebrews did not have the Torah in Yisrael, and the Mishna is supposed to be taught alongside the written torah...then those two facts do not coincide.
@coryronald (57)
• United States
8 Feb 08
Dear Gohsh: I'm always impressed when people want to learn about Judaism. It's not the most popular topic but there is a great deal of wisdom in the Talmud, since it is the written record of the oral tradition of interpretation of the Old Testament and Jewish law. I think that to approach the Talmud directly without a background in Judaism is noble but confounding. There are many great books written about the Talmud without being the Talmud and that may be a great place to start. I have a page on Hubpages with a number of links and resources to get started. Thanks so much for letting me share.
http://hubpages.com/_qwixf/hub/A-Hub-On-Talmud
Wishing you all the best.
Coryronald
