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History of the Talmud (three part series) – Rabbi Dr. Ari Bergmann

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Rabbi Dr. Ari Bergmann presents a three-part lecture series on the history of the Talmud.

To select which video to play, click on the upper-right hand corner of the video above like so:

“History of the Talmud: Why Should We Care? What’s at Stake?” Recorded June 15, 2021.
- Click here to access a pdf of the slides, including the list of suggested reading for the next webinar.
“Rabbi Dr. David Weiss Halivni: From Sighet Chasid to Critical Talmud Scholar” Recorded Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
- Click here to access a pdf of the slides from this presentation.
- View Rabbi Halinvi’s 2013 lecture, “Is the Critical Method Compatible with Orthodoxy?” which discusses the dichotomy between Torat Hayyim and Torat Emet.
- Purchase Rabbi Halivni’s memoirs, “The Book and the Sword: A Life of Learning in the Shadow of Destruction” ” via Amazon.
- Purchase “The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud,” by Rabbi Halivni, translated by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein via Amazon.
- See the UTJ Bookstore for other great volumes.
“Rabbi Dr. Ari Bergmann’s New Book: Formation of the Talmud: The Scholarship and Politics in Yitzchak Isaac Halevy’s Dorot HaRishonim” Recorded August 10, 2021.
- Rabbi Dr. Bergmann’s book can be purchased on Amazon here and is available as an open source download here.
- Click here to access a pdf of the slides from this presentation.

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