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Author:   Ishay Rosen-Zvi ,  Daniel Tabak
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520389830

ISBN 10:   0520389832
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Preface Part I. Mishnah Introduction: The Emergence of Halakhic Literature 1. The Form of the Mishnah 2. The Mishnah’s Sources and Layers 3. The Mishnah’s Legal Sources 4. The Editing of the Mishnah 5. The Mishnah as a Composition 6. Aggadah and Halakhah in the Mishnah 7. The Transmission and Textual History of the Mishnah 8. The Tosefta and the Mishnah Epilogue: The Mishnah and Future Scholarship Part II. Midrash Introduction: Understanding Midrash 9. Biblical Interpretation in Second Temple Literature 10. The Schools of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yishmael 11. The Motivations of Midrash 12. Midrash’s Conception of the Biblical Text 13. The Self-Awareness and Didacticism of Midrash 14. Aggadah in the Midrash 15. The Midrash and the Mishnah 16. The Editing and Transmission of the Midrash Epilogue: The Midrash and Future Scholarship Notes Bibliography Index

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Ishay Rosen-Zvi is Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud at Tel-Aviv University. He is author of Demonic Desires: ""Yetzer Hara"" and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity and coauthor, with Adi Ophir, of Goy: Israel’s Others and the Birth of the Gentile.

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