Preface List of abbreviations The Babylonian Talmud: an introductory note 1. How much of the Babylonian Talmud is pseudepigraphic? 2. The Babylonian Talmud: an academic work 3. Rabbinic views on the order and authorship of the Biblical books 4. Literary analysis of the sugya in Bava Kama 11a-12b 5. Literary analysis of the sugya in Bava Kama 20a-21a 6. Literary analysis of the sugya on taking the blame on oneself 7. Literary analysis of the sugya of 'half and half' 8. Rabbi Joshua b. Hananiah and the elders of the house of Athens 9. Bavli and Yerushalmi on Rabban Gamaliel and Rabbi Joshua 10. Bavli and Yerushalmi on Rabbi Dosa and the Sages 11. The Rabbi Banaah stories in Bava Batra 58a-b 12. The device of addehakhi, 'just then' 13. Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography.
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