Jewish Books in Venice Yesterday, I got up and walked to the Jewish Center for class and listened to Robby give a lecture about the history of the printing press and the Jewish texts, such as the Tanakh and the Talmud. The talk of the printing press helped me acknowledge that it was useful for printing to happen so that people could read and not be forced to listen solely to the church all the time. It also helped me understand the differences between the texts and what each of them is about. I learned that the Torah consists of five books, all relating to Moses, while the Hebrew bible is called the Tanakh combining the Torah, along with the Nevi'im (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings) into one. The Talmud is a consolidation of rabbinic law
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