Legends Of The Talmud En Jacob Hebrew Jewish English Translation Glick Better C.

Explanation: If you are a scholar of religion or a casual student and you desire to know what the Jewish Talmud contains as far as its wisdom, sayings, history,religious outlook, stories, legends, and world view this is the set you need. This is the entire Talmud culled for its sociological and historical/cultural segments ie. the stories and interesting bible exegesis called the Aggadah of the Talmud. Originally, all this material was gathered from the Talmud by a Jewish author of the 15th century, Yaakov ibn Chaviv, in Hebrew/Aramaic which was the original language, and included his commentary called 'En Yaakov' or 'En Jacob' meaning 'Jacobs opinion'(As to the interpretation). It was not until the Jewish scholar of the 20th century, Rabbi S. H. Glick, that this entire book was translated into English. Hence the book still retains the original name 'Ein Yaakov'.Condition: 5 volumes with the Hebrew opposite the English translation, each volume contains over 200 pages. Not a common set