The Literature of the Sages: A Re-Visioning

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This volume abandons the document-based approach of standard introductions and investigates aggregates of classical rabbinic texts through three broad perspectives – intertextuality, east and west, halakhah and aggadah – generating fresh insights that will reset the scholarly agenda. Contents Foreword CRINT Foundation Notes on Contributors Setting the Stage Introduction Chapter 1 The Rabbis of History and Historiography Chapter 2 Tradition, Scripture, Law, and Authority Part 1 Intertextuality Chapter 3 Intertextuality and Tannaic Literature: A History Chapter 4 Intertextuality and Amoraic Literature Chapter 5 Second Temple Literature and the Rabbinic Library Part 2 East and West Chapter 6 The Greco-Roman West and Rabbinic Literature in Palestine and Babylonia Chapter 7 The Impact of ‘Pagan’ Rome Chapter 8 From West to East: Christian Traditions and the Babylonian Talmud Chapter 9 The Sasanian East and the Babylonian Talmud Part 3 Halakha and Aggada Chapter 10 Halakha and Aggada in Tannaic Sources Chapter 11 Halakha and Aggada in Post-Tannaic Literature Chapter 12 Resources for the Critical Study of Rabbinic Literature in the Twenty-First Century Index of Primary Sources Index of Modern Authors Subject Index