Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud - Hardback - 2014

It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. The author argues on the contrary that structural features of the Talmud were designed to produce a discontinuity with tradition, and that this discontinuity was part and parcel of the rabbis selfconception.
Year of publication: 2014
Pagination: 256 pages, 5 tables.
Format: Hardback