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Tractate Bekoroth / Arakhin
The Soncino Press Babylonian Talmud is the only complete English translation of the Talmud. Its easy-to-use format--with the original Vilna Talmud page opposite its English translation--and its many explanatory notes, have proven a valuable resource for the study of Talmud for more than 50 years. This volume, part of the thirty-volume Hebrew/English set of the Soncino Press Babylonian Talmud, contains the complete tractates of Bekoroth and Arakhin, which deal with the laws of firstborn animals and the evaluation of specific forms of vows, respectively.
526 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1988
About the author
Isidore Epstein
102 books3 followersRabbi Ezekiel Isidore Epstein (1894-1962) was educated at Jews' College in London - the Jewish theological seminary of the British commonwealth - and the University of London where he obtained the B.A. Hons Degree in Semitics (First Class) and the Doctorates of Philosophy and of Literature.
After serving for some years as Rabbi of the Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation, he was appointed in 1928 Lecturer in Semitic Language at Jews' College and became its Principal in 1945. A prolific author, he edited the thirty-six volumes of the Soncino edition of 'The Babylonian Talmud in English' (1935-1952), and has written monographs on medieval Jewish scholars, as well as significant works on Jewish religions and ethics of which 'Judaism' (1939), in the Epworth Press Great Religions of the East Series, is among the earliest, and 'The Faith of Judaism' (1954) and 'Step by Step in the Jewish Religion' (1958) for young readers, are the latest.
Epstein's other writings include contributions to the 1950 edition of 'Chambers' Encyclopaedia', of which he was the Advisory Editor for the Jewish sections, and to the 'Encyclopaedia Brittanica' (Printing 1958).
After serving for some years as Rabbi of the Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation, he was appointed in 1928 Lecturer in Semitic Language at Jews' College and became its Principal in 1945. A prolific author, he edited the thirty-six volumes of the Soncino edition of 'The Babylonian Talmud in English' (1935-1952), and has written monographs on medieval Jewish scholars, as well as significant works on Jewish religions and ethics of which 'Judaism' (1939), in the Epworth Press Great Religions of the East Series, is among the earliest, and 'The Faith of Judaism' (1954) and 'Step by Step in the Jewish Religion' (1958) for young readers, are the latest.
Epstein's other writings include contributions to the 1950 edition of 'Chambers' Encyclopaedia', of which he was the Advisory Editor for the Jewish sections, and to the 'Encyclopaedia Brittanica' (Printing 1958).
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