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The Geonic period from about the late sixth to mid-eleventh centuries is of crucial importance in the history of Judaism. The Geonim, for whom this era is named
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In Becoming the People of the Talmud, Talya Fishman examines ways in which circumstances of transmission have shaped the cultural meaning of Jewish traditions.
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Sa’adyah Gaon was an outstanding tenth-century Jewish thinker who was a pioneer in the fields in which he toiled and an inspiration for later Jewish writers.
European Genizah
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This volume includes contributions presented at two conferences, in Mainz (Germany) and Jerusalem (Israel). The articles present a number of new discoveries of
The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 4, The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period
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This fourth volume covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam.