Daniel C. Cohn-Sherbok

Criticism of the Talmud includes criticisms and attacks on the Talmud's doctrines, laws, and authority. Historian Michael Levi Rodkinson, in his book, The History of the Talmud, wrote that critics of the Talmud "have varied in their character, objects and actions" and he documents a number of critics and persecutors, including Anan ben David, the Karaites, Nicholas Donin, Johannes Pfefferkorn, Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, the Frankists, Denis Diderot, and August Rohling. Other critics include Eli…