This volume is a festschrift in honor of Steven Fraade the Mark Taper Professor of the History
of Judaism at Yale University. The contributions to the volume written by colleagues and
former students of Professor Fraade reflect many of his scholarly interests. The scholarly
credentials of the contributors are exceedingly high. The volume is divided into three sections
one on Second Temple literature and its afterlife a second on rabbinic literature and rabbinic
history and a third on prayer and the ancient synagogue.The contributions to the volume in
Honor of Professor Fraade reflect many of his scholarly interests.
