Preface; List of abbreviations; The Babylonian Talmud: an introductory note; 1. How much of the Babylonian Talmud is pseudepigraphic?; 2. The Babylonian Talmud: an academic work; 3. Rabbinic views on the order and authorship of the Biblical books; 4. Literary analysis of the sugya in Bava Kama 11a-12b; 5. Literary analysis of the sugya in Bava Kama 20a-21a; 6. Literary analysis of the sugya on taking the blame on oneself; 7. Literary analysis of the sugya of 'half and half'; 8. Rabbi Joshua b. Hananiah and the elders of the house of Athens; 9. Bavli and Yerushalmi on Rabban Gamaliel and Rabbi Joshua; 10. Bavli and Yerushalmi on Rabbi Dosa and the Sages; 11. The Rabbi Banaah stories in Bava Batra 58a-b; 12. The device of addehakhi, 'just then'; 13. Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography.

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