[Front Matter]
written by Jacob Neusner, 1932-2016; in Judaism in Society: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi: Toward the Natural History of a ReligionJudaism in Society: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi: Toward the Natural History of a Religion (Second Printing), Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003, originally published 1984), 1-65