Originally publishes in BSOAS 66:1 (2003), p. 80-1. ALEXANDER SAMELY: Rabbinic interpretation of scripture in the Mishnah. xi, 479 pp. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. £55. This reviewer of Samely’s massive volume is torn between admiration for the author’s skill in applying modern linguistics and philosophy of language to the Mishnah and amazement at…
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