 Among his works is an uncompleted translation of the Babylonian Talmud to English.The translation was harshly reviewed, eliciting the derision of talmudists such as Kaufmann Kohler, who labeled Rodkinson a "sham scholar" for the many apparently misinformed or naive translations of common talmudical terms.Rodkinson collected many stories from his childhood amongst the Hassidim, and compiled these into books that he later published.