About the Author

Ben Zion Rosenfeld, Ph.D. (1982) Jewish History, Bar Ilan University, is Professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. He has published many books and articles on Roman-Byzantine Palestine.

Reviews

"This book is essential for the study of Jewish sages in the first centuries C.E. and should have a place in every serious Jewish Studies collection."

Yoram Bitton, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Association of Jewish Libraries, September/October 2011, Volume 1, No. 3.