Who
The Mishnah together with the rabbis' commentary on it (the Gemara), compiled in Babylonia; more than thirty volumes of law, debate and story.
What Pitre quotes
- Sanhedrin 98b — rabbis who wished to be spared the 'birth pangs of the Messiah' (heblo shel mashiah): 'Let him come, but let me not see him' (pp 123–124)