re: #358 Bob Levin

I also have nothing to add at this time except that dismissal of the scholarly book because it is “British” (no matter that the author is a respected Jewish scholar (and a Professor of Jewish Studies, no less, highly qualified to deal with both the Talmudic issues and the history of Jews in antiquity), the academic publisher is top-notch, the book is positively reviewed in peer-reviewed specialist journals, including Jewish ones) does not really amount to strong argument.