In this Book

Early Rabbinic Civil Law

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Hayim Lapin
2020
Published by: Brown Judaic Studies
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This study focuses on tractate Baba Mesi‘a’ of the Mishnah, which deals primarily with contracts of various kinds. Lapin's book focuses both on the literary traits of the tractate and, more importantly, attempts to tease out some of the implications of the tractate's depiction of social and economic relationships for an understanding of the history of later Roman Palestine.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Series Page

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Publishers’ Preface

pp. viiia-viiib

Preface

pp. ix-x

I. Introduction: The Social Study of the Mishnah

pp. 1-34

II. Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ: Literary and Redactional Problems

pp. 35-117

III. Institutions and Relationships in Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ

pp. 119-236

IV. Conclusions: Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee

pp. 237-242

Appendix I: Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ : Text, Translation, and Annotation

pp. 243-310

Appendix II: Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ and Other “Tannaitic” Corpora

pp. 311-330

Abbreviations and Bibliography

pp. 331-348

Index of Primary Sources

pp. 349-364

Index of Subjects

pp. 365-368

Brown Judaic Studies

pp. 369-378
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