The University of Minnesota Press today published “The Kosher Code of the Orthodox Jew,” a literal translation of that portion of the 16th century codification of the Babylonian Talmud which describes such deficiencies as render animals unfit for food. Authors of the volume, which also contains a discussion of Talmudic anatomy in the light of the science of its day and of the present time, are S.I. Levin, Senior Rabbi of Minneapolis, and Edward A. Boyden, professor of anatomy at the University of Minnesota.
An introductory note by Rabbi Levin expresses the hope that the volume will be “of use not only to theological students, but to everyone who is interested in these dietary laws and their origins in the culture of ancient Israel.” A prefatory note by Prof. Boyden describes the translation as a “contribution to the field of medical history.”
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