Editing Talmud (section)

==Reception outside of Judaism==

=== Christianity ===
The study of Talmud is not restricted to those of the Jewish religion and has attracted interest in other cultures. Christian scholars have long expressed an interest in the study of Talmud, which has helped illuminate their own scriptures. Talmud contains biblical exegesis and commentary on [[Tanakh]] that will often clarify elliptical and esoteric passages. The Talmud contains [[Jesus in the Talmud|possible references to Jesus]] and his disciples, while the [[Christian biblical canons|Christian canon]] makes mention of Talmudic figures and contains teachings that can be paralleled within the Talmud and [[Midrash]]. The Talmud provides cultural and historical context to the [[Gospel]] and the writings of the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Christians Should Study Torah and Talmud|url=http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/teaching-letter/article/why-christians-should-study-torah-and-talmud/|publisher=Bridges for Peace|access-date=July 3, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720224747/http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/teaching-letter/article/why-christians-should-study-torah-and-talmud/|archive-date=July 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== South Korea ===
South Koreans reportedly hope to emulate Jews' high academic standards by studying Jewish literature. Almost every household has a translated copy of a book they call "Talmud", which parents read to their children, and the book is part of the primary-school curriculum.<ref name="hirschfield20110512">{{cite news | url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4065672,00.html | title=Why Koreans study Talmud | work=Jewish World | date=2011-05-12 | access-date=27 June 2014 | author=Hirschfield, Tzofia}}</ref><ref name="alper20110512">{{cite news|url=http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/48771/why-south-koreans-are-love-judaism|title=Why South Koreans are in love with Judaism|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=27 June 2014|author=Alper, Tim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903064029/https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/48771/why-south-koreans-are-love-judaism|archive-date=September 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The "Talmud" in this case is usually one of several possible volumes, the earliest translated into Korean from the Japanese.  The original Japanese books were created through the collaboration of Japanese writer [[Hideaki Kase]] and [[Marvin Tokayer]], an Orthodox American rabbi serving in Japan in the 1960s and 70s.  The first collaborative book was ''5,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom: Secrets of the Talmud Scriptures'', created over a three-day period in 1968 and published in 1971.  The book contains actual stories from the Talmud, proverbs, ethics, Jewish legal material, biographies of Talmudic rabbis, and personal stories about Tokayer and his family.  Tokayer and Kase published a number of other books on Jewish themes together in Japanese.<ref name=Arbes>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-the-talmud-became-a-best-seller-in-south-korea | date=June 23, 2015 | title=How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea | author=Ross Arbes | magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>

The first South Korean publication of ''5,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom'' was in 1974, by Tae Zang publishing house.  Many different editions followed in both Korea and China, often by black-market publishers.  Between 2007 and 2009, Yong-soo Hyun of the Shema Yisrael Educational Institute published a 6-volume edition of the Korean Talmud, bringing together material from a variety of Tokayer's earlier books.  He worked with Tokayer to correct errors and Tokayer is listed as the author.  Tutoring centers based on this and other works called "Talmud" for both adults and children are popular in Korea and "Talmud" books (all based on Tokayer's works and not the original Talmud) are widely read and known.<ref name=Arbes/>

=== Iran ===
In 2012, then-Vice President of [[Iran]], [[Mohammad Reza Rahimi]], claimed that the Talmud was the cause of the spread of [[narcotic]]s in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erdbrink |first=Thomas |date=2012 |title=Iran's Vice President Makes Anti-Semitic Speech at Forum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/world/middleeast/irans-vice-president-rahimi-makes-anti-semitic-speech.html |website=New York Times}}</ref>