Guides
Darkhei HaTalmud
Short 15th-century guide with practical instructions for studying the Talmud and its commentaries
Introductions to Amoraic Literature
20th-century introductory work to the Jerusalem Talmud and select tractates of the Babylonian Talmud by Jacob Nachum Epstein.
Introductions to Tanaitic Literature
20th-century introductory work to the Mishnah, Tosefta, and select midrashim, by Jacob Nachum Epstein.
Introductions to the Babylonian Talmud
20th-century introductions by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz that explain the content and themes of each tractate and chapter.
Mevo HaTalmud (Chajes)
19th-century introduction to the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds describing talmudic methodology and the development of oral law.