Jeffrey L. Rubenstein offers a translation from the Hebrew of The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud by David Weiss Halivni. Halivni's work is widely regarded as the most comprehensive scholarly examination of the processes of composition and editing of the Babylonian Talmud.
Rubenstein's translation and editing make this classic work of rabbinic scholarship available for study in English-speaking academic contexts. The book can be highly recommended for advanced students and scholars of rabbinic literature who are reasonably familiar with the Babylonian Talmud itself.