Joseph Hertz - When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people

When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of the Talmud. Its birthplace, Babylonia, was an autonomous Jewish centre for a longer period than any other land; namely, from soon after 586 before the Christian era to the year 1040 after the Christian era - 1626 years.

- Joseph Hertz

source: Isidore Epstein, Joseph Herman Hertz (1935). “The Babylonian Talmud ...: Baba Kamma”

topic: Christian, Writing, Years, Autonomous, Birthplace