Steinsaltz, Adin A Reference Guide to the Talmud (1592643124)
This is a new edition of the classic Reference Guide to the Talmud first published thirty years ago. Reformatted and updated by Rabbi Joshua Schreier, this is now even more useful than the original. No student of the Talmud should be without Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's Reference Guide to the Talmud. This essential aid provides historical background on the Talmudic period and commentators, describes fundamentals of the Talmud's structure, concepts, terminology and inner logic, explains basic assumptions underlying the debates, and
includes appendices on weights and measures, a key to abbreviations, a general index and more. Large Format Edition.