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A valuable introduction to mishniac discourse, this text explains why and how the Mishnah, a seemingly dry collection of arcane legal materials, generated so much interest in antiquity and went on to become the central text of the rabbinic curriculum.Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks is the author of 'Transmitting Mishnah The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521857505 and ISBN 0521857503.
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