Vision & Valor - An Illustrated History Of The Talmud

The Talmud is a book of godly personalities and deep insight into the human conditionand the world.It is a book of love,compassion,of striving spirituality and also of withering candor.

The history of the Jewish is inextricably bound to one book-The Talmud and especialy the babylonian Talmud. Composed over three and half centuries with hundreds of great scholars contributing to its contents and direction< this book has shaped traditional Jewish life util today. One cannot understand the values beleifs and lifestyles of Jews past and present except through the prism of talmudic insight and lore. This book details in complete fascination how the Talmud was written: Who its authors were and what type of lives they lead, and what the ancient Jewish society looked like. This book is not an encyclopedia: rather it is a narrative about people, their humaneneness, devotion to scholarships and triumphs and dissapointments.

The book allows the reader a glimpse into a long gone world that somehow still survives and is vita today a millenia later. In so doing it helps reveal the miracle of Jewish survival and accomplishments in terribly adverse situations throughout the ages. For Lay person and scholar alike, this book will be a vital source of information.