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This work explores the cultural world of the Babylonian rabbis and their students through the stories they included in the Bavli, the primary interpretive text of rabbinic Judaism. The author illustrates how their presentation of earlier rabbinic teachings was influenced by their own values and practices.Jeffrey L. Rubenstein is the author of 'The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud', published 2005 under ISBN 9780801882654 and ISBN 0801882656.
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