The idea of translating the Talmud, the holiest book for Jews, has always remained the dream of many Egyptian and Arab intellectuals.


Dr. Rashad Abdullah Al-Shami, the chairman of the first department specialized in teaching Hebrew and Israeli studies at Ain Shams University, discovered an Arabic version of the Talmud which was translated by Dr. Shamoun Moryal under the title “Al-Tamoud…Aslouh, tasalsoloh..wa adaboh” [The Talmud, its origin, order and literature]. Dr. Al-Shami revised and wrote the preface for the translation.