Who Frequented the Study Halls of 1st Century Israel?
A close look at the composition of a typical study hall during the early Mishnaic period. Looking for clues in the Kaufmann Manuscript of the fifth chapter of Ethics of Our Fathers.
| Topics: | Jewish History, Ethics of the Fathers, Yeshivah |
Paul (Pinchas) Mandel is a senior lecturer at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies and Hebrew University Rothberg School in Jerusalem, where he teaches Midrash and Aggadah, Talmud, Hermeneutics and Jewish literature of the Second Temple period.
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