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I'm looking for literature on the history of Talmudic censorship. I would prefer the material be in English, but Hebrew is also OK.

Related post: Talmudic Censorship

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  • This is about history not Judaism. As a result, it is off topice for this site. – sabbahillel Dec 27 '15 at 20:03
  • @sabbahillel But one of the available tags is history? – Gavriel Dec 27 '15 at 20:22
  • Questions about the Hebrew language or about history or news of the Jewish people, Jewish individuals, or the State of Israel, except as related to Judaism, are off-topic. If this question does relate to Judaism, please edit it to indicate how. – sabbahillel Dec 27 '15 at 20:47
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    I would say keep open - history of Jewish Law is considered on topic, and the Talmud is a fundamental book of Jewish Law. – Yishai Dec 27 '15 at 21:51
  • related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/16528/what-was-wrong-with-the-word-talmud?s=1|1.8151 – Menachem Dec 27 '15 at 21:53
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    http://www.jewishhistory.com/PRINTINGTHETALMUD/essays/6.html – wfb Dec 27 '15 at 22:52
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    https://books.google.com/books?id=SgvLkMS81q4C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false – wfb Dec 27 '15 at 23:04
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    http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4170-censorship-of-hebrew-books – wfb Dec 27 '15 at 23:06
  • One more reason to keep it open - the history of Talmudic censorship has applications to understanding the Talmud, hence it meets the criteria for the exception "except as related to Judaism." – LN6595 Dec 27 '15 at 23:50
  • I'm inclined to agree with sabbahillel's view on this. The question needs editing and clarification to indicate what the goal of the OP is. Otherwise, it's simply history. – Yaacov Deane Dec 28 '15 at 01:14
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    An excellent resource is The Talmud: A Biography by the Jewsih scholar Dr. Harry Freedman. He addresses the topic of censorship in Part II of his book. – Joseph Dec 28 '15 at 03:24
  • Why the vote to close? – robev Aug 28 '18 at 13:13

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This seems to fit your question’s description:

The Talmud – A Biography: Banned, censored and burned. The book they couldn't suppress by Harry Freedman and more informations about it here.

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