Reviews for [Masekhet Bava Batra]: Tractate Bava Basra the Gemara the Classic Vilna Edition, with an Annotated, Interpretive Elucidation ..

The average rating for [Masekhet Bava Batra]: Tractate Bava Basra the Gemara the Classic Vilna Edition, with an Annotated, Interpretive Elucidation .. based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-02 00:00:00 Jamison Long Artscroll's Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud does exactly what it is meant to do - it provides a great resource for English readers who don't yet have a great command of Hebrew and Aramaic. This edition is based on the classic Vilna edition of the Talmud Bavli, and each two-page spread consists of a reproduction of the Vilna page and an opposing page of translation and commentary. The translation is given in-line with a vowelized reproduction of the Vilna text. However, the translation is available only for the text of the Mishnah and Gemara - no translation is provided for the Rashi and Tosafot commentary (though the gist of these passages are sometimes given in the English commentary. As with many Artscroll products, these are handsome, well-made books. The translation seems generally solid (I recommend keeping a copy of Jastrow's dictionary on hand), though the commentary, while insightful, isn't generally offering a very broad range of views (the Schottenstein Edition, while unquestionably scholarly, is not intended in any way to be a critical edition). This edition of the Talmud is currently probably the best resource available for the non-Yeshiva-trained individual who wishes to gain some familiarity with this great work, though that may change now that Koren has begun to release English translations of their Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud Bavli.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-05-19 00:00:00 John Pirtle Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud: English Full Size, Berachos, Vol. 2 (folios 30b-64a) (2000)