Introduction: The Social Study of the Mishnah -- Mishnah Tractate Baba' Meṣi'a': Literary and Redactional Problems -- Institutions and Relationships in Mishnah Tractate Baba' Meṣi'a' -- Conclusions: Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee
Summary
This study focuses on tractate Baba Mesi‘a’ of the Mishnah, which deals primarily with contracts of various kinds. Lapin's book focuses both on the literary traits of the tractate and, more importantly, attempts to tease out some of the implications of the tractate's depiction of social and economic relationships for an understanding of the history of later Roman Palestine
