Literature of the Sages

This volume presents the major works of classical rabbinic Judaism as inter-related aggregates analyzed through three central themes. Part 1, "e;Intertextuality,"e; investigates the multi-directional relationships among and between rabbinic texts and nonrabbinic Jewish sources. Part 2, "e;East and West"e; explores the impact on rabbinic texts of the cultures of the Hellenistic, Roman, and Christian West and the Sasanian East. Part 3, "e;Halakha and Aggada,"e; interrogates the relationship of law and narrative in rabbinic sources. This bold volume uncovers alliances and ruptures -- textual, cultural, and generic -- obscured by document-based approaches to rabbinic literature."e;This important book presents a series of new introductions to rabbinic literature."e; Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University, BMCR 2024.10.05.