<p>The Jewish Scriptures have been a profound source of musical creativity over the ages. The have inspired musical works ranging from the Passion plays to the Middle Ages to the folk and even rock music of today. The Scriptures themselves contian all forms of literature- poetry, epic, prayer, drama, philosophy, and prophecy. The artists who have found the Scriptures to be a fountian of ideas are of forty-four different nationalities and they form a long and impressive list. "The Old Testament in Music," a major work by distinguished Israeli Musicologist Moshe Gorali, is an extensive and beautifully designed anthology of more than 5,000 musical pieces spanning the last thousand years. The Old testament in Music is an excellent reference book for Music and Bible students.</p>

The Old Testament in Music

Arts & Photography

Moshe Gorali

Music

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The Steinsaltz Talmud is the most accessible edition available of the Talmud, the nearly 2,000 year old, central text of the Jewish people, Translated from the aramaic to modern Hebrew, with explanations and commentary by one of the great Talmud scholars of all time, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, The Steinsaltz Talmud fosters deep and creative engagement with the text. The Steinsaltz Talmud offers solutions to linguistic and contextual issues in the text, removes obstacles stemming from the its non-linear construction, and provides succinct commentaries, pertinent Halachic rulings, explanatory notes to Rashi and other commentators, detailed indexes, and background from the sciences, history and the humanities. The Steinsaltz Talmud enables both beginning and seasoned students to participate in the living Talmudic conversation.

The Steinsaltz Talmud Bavli: Tractate Nedarim Part 2, Large (Hebrew Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Adin Steinsaltz

Judaism

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