Statement

As with Yohanan and Judah, Rav's portrayal may not be accurate, but it shows how the Babylonian sages saw themselves: without breaking with Palestine, whose figures they esteemed, they claimed comparable authority and developed a rabbinic culture of their own.

References

1. p. 141

   supports · main text · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: The Babylonian Talmud and Beyond

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