Contours of rabbinic study: an introduction -- Learning, speech, and thought in late antiquity -- Sifre Deuteronomy: the precariousness of oral Torah -- A talmudic primer on education (Eruvin 53a-55a) -- Cultures in conflict (Avoda zara 18b-19b) -- Education and accountability (Bava batra 20b-22a) -- Teaching with authority: a comparative view -- The stabilization of rabbinic culture -- Appendix I: a survey of secondary literature on education and literacy in rabbinic literature -- Appendix II: portraits of Jewish sages engaged in study.
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