The Components of the Rabbinic Documents, From the Whole to the Parts: Vol. XII, SifrZ to Numbers, Part II: Pisqaot 72-122 (Academic Commentary) - Tapa dura

"Jim Crace's novels are superbly attuned to the substance of events at the edge of life. The edges of history, the seaweed edge of land, the gray zone of moral behavior, the sill between life and death, all lie within his baliwick." --Barry Lopez "An extravagantly gifted writer." --John Crowley, "The Washington Post Book World "Crace may be the most original and interesting of living British writers." --Richard Eder, "The New York Times

This work forms the logical second stage in the author's systematic and comprehensive inquiry into the character of the Rabbinic literature and its formation, viewed phenomenologically. In this study and its 11 companion volumes, the author analyzes the properties of the three constituent parts of the Rabbinic Midrash compilations, systematically a