History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods »

Authors: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
ISBN-13: 9781930675339, ISBN-10: 193067533X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
Date Published: January 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

	Preface and Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	The Origins and Ancient History of Sukkot	13
2	The Second Temple Period	31
3	The Sukkot Temple Festival: Rabbinic Traditions	103
4	Sukkot and Rain in Tannaitic Sources	163
5	History of Tannaitic Halakha	181
6	Tannaitic Midrashim: The Clouds of Glory	239
7	Sukkot in the Amoraic Midrashim	273
8	Conclusions	319
	Bibliography	327
	Index	337
	Scriptural Index	343