Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. The Mishnah Chapter 3 2. The Tosefta Chapter 4 3. Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael Chapter 5 4. Sifré to Numbers Chapter 6 5. Sifré to Deuteronomy Chapter 7 6. Genesis Rabbah Chapter 8 7. Leviticus Rabbah Chapter 9 8. Pesiqta DeRab Kahana Chapter 10 9. The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan Chapter 11 10. The Talmud of the Land of Israel Chapter 12 11. The Talmud of Babylonia

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He holds nine honorary degrees and fourteen academic medals and other awards and has published numerous books.