A monumental English translation of the Talmud was presented to the Library of Congress this week, anticipating a March 15 gala in New York to mark the work's public release.
The 73-volume work, published by ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications of Brooklyn, costs $1,900 per set and is about 35,000 pages. The "Schottenstein Edition of the Babylonian Talmud" is named for the Columbus, Ohio, department store family that sponsored the project.
Rabbi Nosson Scherman, ArtScroll's general editor, led the project. He now turns to an English translation of the Jerusalem Talmud, projected as a 47-volume work that will take 10 years.
- via Associated Press