A new book on Elisha ben Avuyah
A classic novel by one of the leaders of the Conservative movement, clearly an exploration of his own relationship to tradition, here
A .pdf of Jefferey Rubinstein's comparative study of Yerushalmi and Bavli Acher stories ( I disagree with a lot in it but the method is of interest), here
So he is considered a hero to some?
Interesting, several years ago some Reform Jews sought to prove that they are the true inheritors of the anceint Pharissees. Very interesting.
Posted by: ha-historion | November 29, 2007 at 04:29 PM