Acknowledgements Note on transliteration and translation List of abbreviations Introduction 1. The concept of the three ketarim Part 1. Versions of the Past: Visions of the Future: 2. Institutions and their instruments 3. History as propaganda: the rabbinic version 4. Other positions, other priorities Part II. From Theory to Practice: the Struggle for Supremacy: 5. The first phase (c.135 BCE-c.100 CE) 6. Rabbis and priests (c.100 CE-c.300 CE) 7. Rabbis and appointed rulers (c.100 CE-c.400 CE) Part III. Ensuring Hegemony: 8. The institutionalisation of rabbinic authority 9. Patterns of succession and pageants of installation Afterword: a symbol and its resonance Bibliography, Index.
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