The stabilization of rabbinic culture, 100 C.E.-350 C.E. : texts on education and their late antique context /
Drawing on the great progress in Talmudic scholarship over the last century, The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture is both an introduction to a close reading of rabbinic literature and a demonstration of the development of rabbinic thought on education in the first centuries of the Common Era. In Ro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Drawing on the great progress in Talmudic scholarship over the last century, The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture is both an introduction to a close reading of rabbinic literature and a demonstration of the development of rabbinic thought on education in the first centuries of the Common Era. In Roman Palestine and Sasanid Persia, a small group of approximately two thousand Jewish scholars and rabbis sustained a thriving national and educational culture. They procured loyalty to the national language and oversaw the retention of a national identity. This accomplishment was unique in the Roman. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780199736713 0199736715 0199889074 9780199889075 0199937532 9780199937530 9786612328923 6612328924 1282328921 9781282328921 |