The Four Stages of Rabbinic Judaism by Jacob Neusner (9780415195317)

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This text provides a lucid introduction to the genesis and development of rabbinic Judaism. The author outlines and examines the four stages in which the initial period of the historical development of rabbinic Judaism divides, beginning with the Pentateuch and ending with its definitive and normative statement in the Talmud of Babylonia. He traces the development of rabbinic Judaism by exploring the relationships between and among the cognate writings which embody its formative history.

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