The Tannaim and their Institutions (circa 70-3rd Century CE)

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1. From Text to Tradition
   1. From Pharisees to Rabbis
   2. The Tannaitic Academies
2. Historical surveys
   1. Shaye J.D. Cohen. “Judaism to the Mishnah: 135-220 C.E.” Part I. Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: a Parallel History of their Origins and Early Development. Ed. Hershal Shanks. Washington D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1993.
3. Primary sources
   1. Mishnah Hagigah 2:2-3, Tosefta Hagigah 2:8, 10: Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees
   2. Josephus, Antiquities XIV, ch. 4-5: Herod’s Trial before the Sanhedrin
   3. Josephus, XV, 2-3, 368-70: Sameas and Pollio
   4. Tosefta Pesahim 4:13: Hillel’s Rise to Power
   5. Jerusalem Talmud Pesahim 6:1 (33a): Another Version of Hillel’s Rise to Power
   6. Sifre Deuteronomy 113: Hillel as Legislator
   7. Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 30b-31a: The Patience of Hillel
   8. Acts 5: 33-39 Words of Rabban Gamaliel I
   9. Josephus, Life 191-8: Simeon ben Gamliel I
   10. Josephus, War I, 110-12: The Pharisees in Power
   11. Babylonian Talmud Eruvin 54b: The Teaching of the Oral Torah
   12. Mishnah Avot 1-5: The Ethics and Wisdom of the Rabbis
   13. Babylonian Talmud Bava Mezia 59a-b: The Bet Midrash and Divine Law
   14. Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon 1-2: The First Generation of the Tannaim
4. Secondary sources
   1. Pieter W. van der Horst. “Jewish Funerary Inscriptions—Most Are in Greek.” Biblical Archaeology Review 18, 5 (1992).
5. Images
   1. Catacomb 14 at Beth Shearim, lower Galilee, 2nd-4th centuries CE.
   2. Beth Shearim Catacomb, Lower Galilee, 2nd-4th centuries CE.
   3. Menorahs in the Beth Shearim Catacomb, Lower Galilee, 2nd- 4th centuries CE.
   4. Aerial view of the city of Sepphoris, Lower Galilee.
   5. Jewish houses in Sepphoris, Lower Galilee, 2nd -4th centuries CE.
   6. Mosaic in a Roman house in Sepphoris, Lower Galilee, 3rd century CE.
   7. Detail of mosaic in a Roman house in Sepphoris, Lower Galilee, 3rd century CE.