Classic Essays in Early Rabbinic Culture and History

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"This volume brings together a set of classic essays on early Rabbinic history and culture, seven of which have been translated into English especially for this publication. The studies are grouped round three themes: sources, methods and meaning; tradition and self-invention; and Rabbinic contexts. The volume is introduced by a new essay from the editor, summarizing the field and contextualizing the reprinted papers"--