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This volume
may very well be the first systematic source critical commentary on the
Babylonian Talmud, with the exception perhaps of the relatively small book ,
Darka shel Torah, by H. M. Pineles, whose agenda was more to defend the content
of the Mishnah than to explore Talmudic thinking. Now, after the appearance of
the eighth volume, it is even more apparent how comprehensive is the method laid
out in the first volume, covering different topics and a variety of texts and
how it eventually led to the theory of the Stammaim which, according to some
revolutionized our understanding of the composition of the Babylonian Talmud. It
is an indispensable introduction to an alternate way of studying Talmud.