Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds : Accounting for Halakhic Difference in Selected Sugyot from Tractate Avodah Zarah

This book examines a central issue in talmudic studies that concerns the genesis of halakhic (legal) divergence between the Talmuds produced by the Palestinian rabbinic community (c. AD 370) and the Babylonian rabbinic community (c. AD 650). Hayes analyses selected divergences between parallel passages of the two talmuds and debates whether external influences or internal factors best account for the differences.