Surpassing wonder : the invention of the Bible and the Talmuds

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Contents

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1 Introduction: Us and the Semites

INVENTING THE COVENANT

2 Apparent Woe and Great Invention

3 Returning with Yahweh to Jerusalem

4 History's All-Embracing Arms: The Covenant

INVENTIVE FECUNDITY AND JUDAHIST MULTIPLICITY: THE LATER SECOND TEMPLE ERA

5 Siloam's Teeming Pool

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6 Siloam's Teeming Pool

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7 Siloam's Teeming Pool

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THE INVENTION OF CHRISTIANITY

8 The Re-Invention of the Species

9 From Yeshua of Nazareth to Jesus the Christ

THE INVENTION OF THE JEWISH FAITH 10 Don't Stare at the Neighbours11 The Hermetic, Perfect Mishnah

12 Taming the Mishnah: Tractate Aboth, the Tosefta, Sifra, and the Yerushalmi

13 The Bounteous Bavli and the Invention of the Dual Torah

14 Conclusion: Surpassing Wonder

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APPENDICES

A: Glossary

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B: Biblical Chronology

C: The Manuscript Base of the Holy Scriptures

D: Modern Biblical Scholarship and the Quest for the Historical Yeshua E: The Great Rabbinic Corpus: Access, Dating, Translation, Methods, and QueriesGeneral Index

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