Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on Style Conventions vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I
6. Chapter One. The Alterity of Tradition 23
7. Chapter Two. The Division into Layers 45
8. Chapter Three. Composition as Critique 81
9. Part II
10. Chapter Four. Scholars, Transmitters, and the Making of talmud 115
11. Chapter Five. The Debate about Recitation 150
12. Chapter Six. Tradition and Vision 167
13. Conclusion 203
14. Acknowledgments 215
15. Bibliography 217
16. Source Index 233
17. Subject Index 237