The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1–100
1 work
c. 99
Greek
Vita
Flavius Josephus · c. 37 – c. 100
Josephus defends his conduct in Galilee against a rival historian who had accused him of starting the war, describing his priestly training, his three years with a desert ascetic, and his trial of each Jewish school before choosing the Pharisees.
301–400
1 work
c. 400
Hebrew and Aramaic
Talmud Yerushalmi
The academies of Galilee
The Mishnah with the discussion the Galilean academies built around it, closed abruptly and unevenly — whole orders are missing — apparently because the conditions that supported the schools gave out under Christian imperial rule.
401–500
1 work
c. 400–500
Hebrew and Aramaic
The academies of Galilee
Thirty-seven homiletic units on Leviticus, each built outward from a verse elsewhere in scripture and arriving at the reading by a long route. It is preaching rather than commentary, and much of it is about poverty, charity, and the body.
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