Publisher's Synopsis
Geonic texts collected from manuscripts, Genizah fragments and printed sources. Arranged according to the order of tractate Bava Metzi'a, with introduction, notes, detailed indices, and an English preface. By Prof. Robert Brody, and associates: Carmiel Cohen, Yehuda Zvi Stampfer. The writings of the Geonim are crucially important for establishing the correct text of the Talmud and its meaning, and for understanding many comments and interpretation of the rishonim who relied on the works of the geonim.