Reconstructing the Talmud: An Introduction to the Academic Study of Rabbinic Literature

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Foreword / Ethan Tucker -- Introduction -- 1. The Literary Development of a Sugya: The Twenty-Cubit Sukkah (Sukkah 2a-3a) -- 2. From Symposium to Seder: Afikoman (Pesahim 119b-120a) -- 3. Greek Texts, Rabbinic Contexts: Prosbul (Gittin 36a-36b) -- 4. The Stammaitic Impact on Halakhah: Two Sanctifications, Two Cups of Wine (Pesahim 102a-102b) / Ethan Tucker -- 5. Women at the Rabbinic Table: Birkat Hamazon (Berakhot 20b) ; Feminist/Gender Interpretation of Rabbinic Literature / Alieza Salzberg -- 6. From Eretz Yisrael to Bavel: The Interruption of Mourning by a Festival (Moed Katan 20a) ; The Zoroastrian Context / Shai Secunda -- 7. Interpretations and Their Implications: The Stolen Lulav (Sukkah 29b-30a) -- 8. Revealing Manuscripts: The Blessings Over Torah Study (Berakhot 11b) -- 9. The Journey of a Talmudic Legend: R. Pinhas b. Yair and his Righteous Donkey (Hullin 7a-7b) ; Jewish Magic in Rabbinic Literature / Avigail Manekin-Bamberger