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Cover of: »On That Day«: The Deeds of the 72 (m. Yadayim 3:5–4:4) as Foundational Narrative for Rabbinic Judaism
Moshe Simon-Shoshan

»On That Day«: The Deeds of the 72 (m. Yadayim 3:5–4:4) as Foundational Narrative for Rabbinic Judaism

Section: Articles
Volume 29 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 109-134 (26)
Published 20.06.2022
DOI 10.1628/jsq-2022-0008
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Summary
This article presents a unified reading of m. Yadayim 3:5–4:4, arguing that this passage reflects the only extended foundational narrative for Rabbinic Judaism in the Mishnah proper. It presents a distinctive account of the birth of rabbinic Judaism, which is portrayed as having occurred on one auspicious day sometime in the Yavne period.