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"Around 200 C.E., The great sages of two Jewish communities--the settlements in the Land of Israel and in Babylonia--received the Mishnah and began to explain its meaning and application. Their work eventually reached written form in the Babylonian Talmud and in the Talmud of the Land of lsrael. This anthology of teachings about the critical issues of Jewish existence formerly inaccessible in the English language, gives us insight to the path taken by Judaism in the Holy Land in the early years of Christianity. It also provides us an invaluable treasure for our Jewish community today.Neusner, Jacob is the author of 'Our Sages, God, and Israel An Anthology of the Talmud of the Land of Israel' with ISBN 9780940646186 and ISBN 0940646188.
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