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A New Look at an Old Book: Rethinking the Purpose of Pirke Avot Tsevat Memorial Lecture

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Subversive Principles: Understanding the Purpose of Mishnah Avot 1 and 2. In this lecture, Dr. Aaron will discuss the relationship between the aphorisms in Avot, Greco-Roman philosophical schools, and the ideology of early Rabbinism. Dr. Aaron is the Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Interpretation at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati.