Thursday, October 03, 2024

Review of Hayes, The literature of the sages: a re-visioning

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The literature of the sages: a re-visioning.
Christine Hayes, The literature of the sages: a re-visioning. Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, 16. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2022. Pp. xi, 660. ISBN 9789004515420.

Review by
Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University. rosenzvi@tauex.tau.ac.il

... The majority of the articles serve as concise summaries of monographs by the aforementioned scholars, effectively capturing the key theses. Maintaining a commendable equilibrium between primary sources and the current state of research, these articles meticulously distinguish between Babylonia and Roman Palestine, as well as between Tanaim and Amoraim. ...

I noted the publication of the book here.

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