@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt3fhmmv.10, ISBN = {9780812244571}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fhmmv.10}, abstract = {A key contention undergirding the arguments of this book is that context is crucial for understanding the rabbis of the Mishnah: who they were, what their place was in society, what role they aspired to play, and—central to this book—why the Temple was so important to them and why they remembered the Temple and its ritual as they did.The rabbis of the Mishnah lived in a territory thoroughly dominated by the Roman emperor and, on a local level, by the governor, the military, and Roman elites. At the same time, they lived among many different groups, especially}, bookauthor = {Naftali S. Cohn}, booktitle = {The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis}, pages = {119--122}, publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press}, title = {Conclusion: The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis}, year = {2013} }