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Article: Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, From Ezekiel to Daniel.(Book Review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2005
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Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, From Ezekiel to Daniel. By Gabriele Boccaccini. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2001. xvii and 230 pages. Paper. $24.00.
Many of us were introduced to rabbinic literature through the statement in 'Abot, "Moses received Torah at Sinai and committed it to Joshua, Joshua to elders, and elders to prophets." Boccaccini challenges this idea with his intellectual history of the early Second Temple period. Roots of Rabbinic Judaism neither discusses oral strands of rabbinic traditions nor describes early rabbis during this period. There were none. His thesis is that Rabbinic Judaism was a reform movement emerging ...