Publisher's Synopsis
An Introductory Atlas. Through detailed maps, illustrations and concise texts, the history of the Jews in the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods comes to life. Excerpted from Cartas Atlas of the Period of the Second Temple, The Mishnah and the Talmud in Hebrew by celebrated scholars Michael Avi-Yonah and Shmuel Safrai, and translated here for the first time into English.