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	Research Articles
	Introduction to the Symposium: What is (the) Mishnah? Steven D. Fraade AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 221-223 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000081 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Recent Literary Approaches to the Mishnah Elizabeth Shanks Alexander AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 225-234 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000093 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Orality, Narrative, Rhetoric: New Directions in Mishnah Research Ishay Rosen-Zvi AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 235-249 doi:10.1017/S036400940800010X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Between Philology and Foucault: New Syntheses in Contemporary Mishnah Studies Moshe Simon-Shoshan AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 251-262 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000111 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	The Nature and Purpose of Mishnaic Narrative: Recent Seminal Contributions Avraham Walfish AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 263-289 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000123 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	What is (the) Mishnah? Concluding Observations Christine Hayes AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 291-297 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000135 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Prophets and Prophecy in the Qumran Community Alex P. Jassen AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 299-334 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000147 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	The Politics of Pronunciation Isaac B. Gottlieb AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 335-368 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000159 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	The Downfall of Haman: Postwar Yiddish Theater between Secular and Sacred Annette Aronowicz AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 369-388 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000160 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Review Essay
	Melancholy Jouissance and the Study of Kabbalah: A Review Essay of Elliot R. Wolfson, Alef, Mem, Tau Steven M. Wasserstrom AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 389-396 doi:10.1017/S0364009408000172 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Jewish History and Culture in Late Antiquity
	David Goodblatt. Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xvi, 260 pp. Holger M. Zellentin AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 397-400 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001220 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Martha Himmelfarb. A Kingdom of Priests: Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2006. 270 pp. Naomi Koltun-Fromm AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 400-403 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001232 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	James L. Kugel. The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and his Children. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. xiii, 278 pp. Eliezer Diamond AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 403-404 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001244 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Hayim Lapin. Economy, Geography, and Provincial History in Later Roman Palestine. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001. 227 pp. Cynthia Baker AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 404-407 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001256 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Eyal Regev. Sectarianism in Qumran: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. xviii, 438 pp. Jonathan Klawans AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 407-409 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001268 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Talmud, Midrash, and Rabbinics
	Elizabeth Shanks Alexander. Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xvi, 246 pp. Ariella Radwin AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 410-411 doi:10.1017/S036400940800127X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Carol Bakhos. Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. viii, 207 pp. Michael E. Pregill AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 412-414 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001281 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Richard Kalmin. Jewish Babylonia between Persia and Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. xiv, 285 pp. Ishay Rosen-Zvi AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 414-417 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001293 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Matthew Kraus, ed. How Should Rabbinic Literature Be Read in the Modern World? Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. vii, 217 pp. Rivka Ulmer, ed. Discussing Cultural Influences: Text, Context and Non-Text in Rabbinic Judaism. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2007. viii, 248 pp. Zev Garber AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 418-421 doi:10.1017/S036400940800130X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	W. David Nelson. Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yo ai. Translated into English, with Critical Introduction and Annotation. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2006. xxx, 398 pp. Alyssa M. Gray AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 421-424 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001311 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Peter Schäfer. Jesus in the Talmud. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. xv, 210 pp. Jonathan Klawans AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 424-427 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001323 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Medieval Jewish Culture
	Alexandra Cuffel. Gendering Disgust in Medieval Religious Polemic. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press. xviii, 430 pp. Mira Balberg AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 427-429 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001335 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Shmuel Shepkaru. Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xii, 414 pp. Miriam Bodian AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 430-431 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001347 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Modern Jewish Thought and Theology
	Leora Batnitzky. Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas: Philosophy and the Politics of Revelation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 304 pp. Deborah Achtenberg AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 432-434 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001359 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Thomas Meyer. Ernst Cassirer. Hamburg: Ellert & Richter Verlag, 2006. 296 pp. Peter E. Gordon AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 435-437 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001360 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Eugene Sheppard. Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile: The Making of a Political Philosopher. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2006. 188 pp. Michael Zank AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 437-441 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001372 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Shaul Magid. Hasidism on the Margin: Reconciliation, Antinomianism, and Messianism in Izbica/Radzin Hasidism. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. xvii, 400 pp. Joel Hecker AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 441-445 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001384 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Edward Hoffman. The Way of Splendor: Jewish Mysticism and Modern Psychology. Updated twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. xiii, 209 pp. Shaul Magid AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 445-447 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001396 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Modern Jewish Culture and History
	Henry Feingold. “Silent No More”: Saving the Jews of Russia, The American Jewish Effort, 1967–1989. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007. xv, 400 pp. David Shneer AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 448-450 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001402 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Miri J. Freud-Kandel. Orthodox Judaism in Britain Since 1913: An Ideology Forsaken. Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2006. xvi, 240 pp. Marc B. Shapiro AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 450-452 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001414 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Atina Grossmann. Jews, Germans, and Allies: Close Encounters in Occupied Germany. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. xvii, 393 pp. Robin Judd AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 453-455 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001426 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Aviva Halamish. Be-meru kaful neged ha-zeman: Mediniyut ha-‘aliyah ha- iyonit bi-shenot ha-sheloshim. Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, 2006. 539 pp. Judy Baumel-Schwartz AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 455-457 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001438 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Matthew Hoffman. From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007. x, 292 pp. Neta Stahl AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 457-460 doi:10.1017/S036400940800144X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Stephen T. Katz, ed. The Shtetl: New Evaluations. New York: New York University Press, 2007. viii, 328 pp. Anna-Dorothea Ludewig AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 460-462 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001451 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Hyam Maccoby. Antisemitism and Modernity: Innovation and Continuity. New York: Routledge, 2006. xiv, 189 pp. Lisa Lampert-Weissig AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 462-464 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001463 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Yosef Salmon. ‘Im ta'iru ve-‘im te'oreru: ‘Ortodoksiyah bi-me are ha-le-‘umiyut. Jerusalem: Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, 2006. 350 pp. Yitzhak Conforti AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 464-467 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001475 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Yiddish Literature
	Marc Miller. Representing the Immigrant Experience: Morris Rosenfeld and the Emergence of Yiddish Literature in America. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007. xviii, 200 pp. Alisa Braun AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 467-469 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001487 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Joseph Sherman and Gennady Estraikh, eds. David Bergelson: From Modernism to Socialist Realism. London: Legenda, 2007. xiii, 363 pp. Jordan Finkin AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 469-471 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001499 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Modern Hebrew Literature
	Gershon Shaked. The New Tradition: Essays on Modern Hebrew Literature. Cincinnati, OH: Hebrew Union College Press, 2006. vii, 328 pp. Michal Ben-Horin AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 471-474 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001505 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews: Gender Studies
	Jonathan Friedman. Rainbow Jews: Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007. x, 203 pp. Marla Brettschneider AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 474-477 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001517 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Ruth Tsoffar. Stains of Culture: An Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2006. xv, 245 pp. Alanna E. Cooper AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 477-479 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001529 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Erratum
	Navigating Rough Waters: Alexander Kohut and the Hungarian Roots of Conservative Judaism Howard N. Lupovitch AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 481-481 doi:10.1017/S0364009408001219 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
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Table of Contents - Volume 32 - Issue 02

Research Articles

Introduction to the Symposium: What is (the) Mishnah?

Steven D. Fraade

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 221-223

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000081 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Recent Literary Approaches to the Mishnah

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 225-234

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000093 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Orality, Narrative, Rhetoric: New Directions in Mishnah Research

Ishay Rosen-Zvi

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 235-249

doi:10.1017/S036400940800010X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Between Philology and Foucault: New Syntheses in Contemporary Mishnah Studies

Moshe Simon-Shoshan

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 251-262

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000111 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

The Nature and Purpose of Mishnaic Narrative: Recent Seminal Contributions

Avraham Walfish

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 263-289

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000123 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

What is (the) Mishnah? Concluding Observations

Christine Hayes

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 291-297

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000135 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Prophets and Prophecy in the Qumran Community

Alex P. Jassen

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 299-334

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000147 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

The Politics of Pronunciation

Isaac B. Gottlieb

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 335-368

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000159 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

The Downfall of Haman: Postwar Yiddish Theater between Secular and Sacred

Annette Aronowicz

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 369-388

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000160 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Review Essay

Melancholy Jouissance and the Study of Kabbalah: A Review Essay of Elliot R. Wolfson, Alef, Mem, Tau

Steven M. Wasserstrom

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 389-396

doi:10.1017/S0364009408000172 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Book Reviews: Jewish History and Culture in Late Antiquity

David Goodblatt. Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xvi, 260 pp.

Holger M. Zellentin

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 397-400

doi:10.1017/S0364009408001220 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Martha Himmelfarb. A Kingdom of Priests: Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2006. 270 pp.

Naomi Koltun-Fromm

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 400-403

doi:10.1017/S0364009408001232 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

James L. Kugel. The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and his Children. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. xiii, 278 pp.

Eliezer Diamond

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 403-404

doi:10.1017/S0364009408001244 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Hayim Lapin. Economy, Geography, and Provincial History in Later Roman Palestine. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001. 227 pp.

Cynthia Baker

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 404-407

doi:10.1017/S0364009408001256 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Eyal Regev. Sectarianism in Qumran: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. xviii, 438 pp.

Jonathan Klawans

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 407-409

doi:10.1017/S0364009408001268 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Book Reviews: Talmud, Midrash, and Rabbinics

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander. Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xvi, 246 pp.

Ariella Radwin

AJS Review, Volume 32, Issue 02, November 2008, pp 410-411

doi:10.1017/S036400940800127X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Nov 2008

Carol Bakhos. Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. viii, 207 pp.

Matthew Kraus, ed. How Should Rabbinic Literature Be Read in the Modern World? Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. vii, 217 pp.

Rivka Ulmer, ed. Discussing Cultural Influences: Text, Context and Non-Text in Rabbinic Judaism. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2007. viii, 248 pp.