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The Scholastic Culture of the Babylonian Talmud studies how and in
what cultural context the Talmud began to take shape in the
scholastic centers of rabbinic Babylonia. Bickart tracks the use of
the term tistayem ("let it be promulgated") and its analogs, in
contexts ranging from Amoraic disciple circles to Geonic texts, and
in comparison with literatures of Syriac-speaking Christians. The
study demonstrates increasing academization during the talmudic
period, and supports a gradual model of the Talmud's redaction.
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