How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity. Princeton University Press, 2025.Cross-file under New Book.... In the book, I demonstrate how gifts for rabbis were situated amidst a broader landscape of Jewish piety and socialization. I examine major gift transactions alongside dinner parties, conversations between neighbors, and more in order to consider the everyday instances of mutual exchange that, I argue, lay at the heart of these gifts. ...
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