Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of the Mishnah; Tractate Baba' Mesi'a' [Brown Judaic Studies 307]

Lapin, Hayim

ISBN 10: 0788502042 / ISBN 13: 9780788502040

Published by Scholars Press, 1995

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Hardcover, no dust jacket. Previous owner's name penned on ffep. Slight wear on all edges of text. Otherwise very good condition 368 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of the Mishnah; Tractate Baba' Mesi'a' [Brown Judaic Studies 307]
• Publisher: Scholars Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0788502042
• ISBN 13: 9780788502040
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

Lapin approaches the Mishnah as a source for social history by examining a single tractate from the Mishnah, m. Baba' Mesi'a'. He finds value in reading the tractate on its own terms and not as a part of the larger corpus of "rabbinic literature." The book has four chapters: "Introduction: The Social Study of the Mishnah"; "Mishnah Tractate Baba' Mesi'a': Literary and Redactional Problems"; "Institutions and Relationships in Mishnah Tractate Baba' Mesi'a'"; and "Conclusions: Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee. He provides the text, translation, and annotations on m. Baba' Mesi'a' in an appendix. A second appendix examines the relationship ofm. Baba' Mesi'a' to other tannaitic sources.