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Bladina, Philip. Mishnayoth. 2nd ed. 7 vols. New York: Judaica Press, 1963-1964.

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Hock, Ronald F and Edward N. O'Neill, ed. Progymnasmata The Chreia in Ancient Rhetoric. vol 1. The (Texts and Translations 27). Atlanta GA: Scholars Press 1986.

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