TY - BOOK AU - Lightstone, Jack N. TI - Society, the sacred, and scripture in ancient Judaism : : a sociology of knowledge T2 - Studies in Christianity and Judaism SN - 97808892097560889209758 AV - BS1199.S6 .L5 1988 PY - 1988/// CY - Waterloo, Ont. : PB - Wilfrid Laurier University Press KW - Bible. -- A.T. -- Pentateuque -- Histoire.Judaism - History - 10-425 (Talmudic period).Judaism - History - Up to 70 N1 - Preface; Transliterations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The "Restoration" Community and the "Torah of Moses"; Chapter Three: Diaspora, Sources of the Sacred, and Torah as Holy Relic; Chapter Four: Earliest Rabbinic Circles, Mishnah, and Scripture as Closed System; Chapter Five: Talmudic Rabbinism, Midrash, and the Fragmentation of Scripture; Notes; Selected Bibliography and Abbreviations; General Subject Index. ‎ ER -