Introduction
The shaming of Abdan: Yevamot 105b
Ilfa's desperate challenge: Taanit 21a
Honi's long sleep: Taanit 23a
R. Tsadoq's firstling: Genesis of a Talmudic story: Berakhot 27b-28a, Bekhorot 36a
A warning to disciples: manners and mutilation: Hagigah 3a-b
A warning to masters: rebuff and rejection: Sotah 47a
Stammaitic astrology: Shabbat 156b
Theodicy and Torah: Menahot 29b
Conclusion.
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Stories of the Babylonian Talmud by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein. ISBN 9780801894497. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
