Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography Step Four Based on a course developed

Based on a course developed and taught by the authors at the University of Alberta

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Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography Step Four Based on a course developedIn third century CE Palestine, the leading member of the rabbinic movement put together a highly popular wisdom treatise entitled Tractate Avot. Though Avot has inspired hundreds of commentaries, this book marks the first comprehensive effort to situate Avot within the context of the Graeco Roman Near East. Following his novel interpretation of Avot, Amram Tropper relates the text to ancient Jewish literary paradigms as well as to relevant socio