Rabbi Akiva's Youth

Despite its almost universal acceptance, the story of Rabbi Akiba's youthful ignorance is not attested in tannaitic sources. Indeed, analysis of the manuscript traditions of Sifre Deuteronomy §357 allows us to recover a tannaitic dictum that identifies Rabbi Akiba as a student of Torah from chi...

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Main Author: Yadin, Azzan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2010
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2010, Volume: 100, Issue: 4, Pages: 573-597
Further subjects:B Sifre Deuteronomy
B Biography
B Historical Kernel
B Rabbi Akiva
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