Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 46. Yaakov Elman, Authority and Tradition: Toseftan Baraitot in Talmudic Babylonia. KTAV, Hoboken NJ, 1994. xiv, 328 pp. $39.50. Jack N. Lightstone, The Rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud, Its Social Meaning and Context. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont., 1994. xiv, 317 pp. $28.50. These two books contribute to the…
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