Mishnah and the Social Formation of the Early Rabbinic Guild: A Socio ... - Jack N. Lightstone, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - Google Books

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Where do the origins of the rabbinic movement lie, and how might evidence from the early rabbinic literature be made to reveal those origins? In order to shed light on the early social formation of the rabbinic guild of masters, Lightstone brings the…