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This study focuses on tractate Baba Mesi‘a’ of the Mishnah, which deals primarily with contracts of various kinds. Lapin's book focuses both on the literary traits of the tractate and, more importantly, attempts to tease out some of the implications of the tractate's depiction of social and economic relationships for an understanding of the history of later Roman Palestine.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half-Title Page
  2. p. i
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  1. Series Page
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright
  2. p. iv
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  1. Dedication
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Publishers’ Preface
  2. Michael L. Satlow
  3. pp. viiia-viiib
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. I. Introduction: The Social Study of the Mishnah
  2. pp. 1-34
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  1. II. Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ: Literary and Redactional Problems
  2. pp. 35-117
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  1. III. Institutions and Relationships in Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ
  2. pp. 119-236
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  1. IV. Conclusions: Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee
  2. pp. 237-242
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  1. Appendix I: Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ : Text, Translation, and Annotation
  2. pp. 243-310
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  1. Appendix II: Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿaʾ and Other “Tannaitic” Corpora
  2. pp. 311-330
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  1. Abbreviations and Bibliography
  2. pp. 331-348
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  1. Index of Primary Sources
  2. pp. 349-364
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  1. Index of Subjects
  2. pp. 365-368
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  1. Brown Judaic Studies
  2. pp. 369-378
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