Sifre is a Tannaitic
The text of the new edition, that is based on MS. Vatican 32, includes many versions that differ from the earlier version, and that occasionally shed new light on the exegeses and halakhot of the Sifre. It is accompanied by the scholarly apparatus that lists and explains all of the edition's changes from the version of MS. Vatican. The number of direct and indirect textual witnesses presented in the "Textual Variants" section of the new edition is
The edition is intended, first and foremost, for the scholars, in Israel and throughout the world, who are engaged in the research of all aspects of the Rabbinic literature. Additionally, the new edition will likely aid the community of Torah scholars who teach and study in
The first half of the work, comprising the portions of Naso and Beha'alotekha, was published by Magnes Press in 2011.
Contents
Part I: The Edition
Volume 1
Preface
Symbols of the textual witnesses of Sifre on Numbers
List of symbols in the edition
Introduction
Editing rules for the text and the accompanying scholarly apparatus
Textual variants
Parallels passages in Talmudic literature
The commentary
Edition of Sifre on Numbers, portions of Naso and Beha'alotekha (the base text, and below it: 1. Scholarly notes to the base text; 2. Talmudic parallels; 3. Textual variants)
Volume 2
Preface
Edition of Sifre on Numbers, portions of Shelach till
Part II
Commentary on Sifre, Piska‛ot 1-58 (portion of Naso)
Part III
Commentary on Sifre, Piska‛ot 59-106 (portion of Beha'alotekha)
Part IV
Commentary on Sifre, Piska‛ot 107-161 (portions of Shelach –
List of abbreviations of the primary sources and the scholarly literature
Indices