Acknowledgements (ix)
Introduction (1)
The Siyyuma and the Anonymous Voice of the Talmud (11)
Structure (20)
Chapter One. Exiled to the Academy (25)
Chapter Two. The Origins of Redaction (53)
Megilla 14b (54)
Pessachim 88a (62)
Avodah Zara 16b (65)
Chapter Three. The Terminology of the Siyyuma (77)
The Study of Talmudic Terminology (79)
The Semitic Root s.y.m. (88)
Conclusions (152)
Chapter Four. Late Uses of the Root s.y.m. in the Talmud and benei siyyuma in Geonic Literature (155)
bBava Kama 117a-b (156)
bBava Batra 22a (158)
bSanhedrin 14a (170)
Halachot Gedolot #43 (180)
Chapter Five. Linguistic Parallels = Cultural Parallels (183)
Moses as Scholastic Model in Both Traditions (192)
The School of Nisibis (198)
Letter of Simeon of Beth Arsham Concerning Barsawma (199)
The Cause of the Establishment of the Session of the Schools (200)
Examples of the Root ܡ.ܝ.ܣ in The Cause (206)
Conclusion (210)
Conclusion (213)
Select Bibliography (223)
Indices (243)
Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Citations (243)
General Index (247)