Ira Robinson

In the Seat of Moses

World Religions

“Jack Lightstone is at the top of his form as he guides the nonspecialized reader to a grasp of rabbinic literature in its multiple guises. Lightstone utilizes his considerable academic and pedagogical talent to create a lucid and cogent introduction to the complex and often daunting literary creations of the rabbis of late antiquity. In doing so, he contributes to a better, more nuanced comprehension of a crucial era in the history of Judaism.”

What Were the Early Rabbis?

World Religions

“Jack N. Lightstone is in top form as he guides the non-specialist reader to his vision of the origins of rabbinic Judaism. The author utilizes all his considerable academic and pedagogical talent to create a lucid and cogent introduction to the rabbis of late antiquity and the movement they spawned. In doing so, he contributes to a better, more nuanced understanding of a crucial era in the history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike.”