{"product_id":"tradition-and-the-formation-of-the-talmud-9780691170862","title":"Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2016 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History \u0026amp; Culture in Antiquity, Association for Jewish Studies \"Vidas's book exemplifies the best possibilities of contemporary Talmud scholarship--a foretaste, in just those moments when it upsets received wisdom about the Talmud, of the next step in the ancient dance of new and old.\"--Raphael Magarik, MAKE Literary Productions \"Vidas's book is eloquent testimony to the high level of conceptual sophistication that has been achieved in the academic field of Talmud study in recent years. It bodes well for the future of the field in American academia.\"--Pinchas Roth, AJL Newsletter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Style Conventions vii  Introduction 1  PART I 21  Chapter One The Alterity of Tradition 23  Chapter Two The Division into Layers 45  Chapter Three Composition as Critique 81  PART II 113  Chapter Four Scholars, Transmitters, and the Making of talmud 115  Chapter Five The Debate about Recitation 150  Chapter Six Tradition and Vision 167  Conclusion 203  Acknowledgments 215  Bibliography 217  Source Index 233  Subject Index 237","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403828142423,"sku":"9780691170862","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691170862.jpg?v=1730484662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tradition-and-the-formation-of-the-talmud-9780691170862","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}