Gateway to the Talmud (The ArtScroll mesorah series)

A leading rosh yeshivah traces the origin and development of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Gemara, the Rabbanan Savorai and the Geonim; translations of Talmudic terms; the guideline for deciding halachah in Talmudic disputes. By Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman; translated by Rabbi Nesanel Kasnett.