to this book for details). Certainly the excerption of prophetic texts from their canonical contexts transforms the old biblical materials into specific rabbinic units (often with beginnings and endings that reflect the interests of the Sages), and the choice of prophetic readings for given Sabbath or festival days is also valuable witness to ancient rabbinic interests and emphases. The Former and Latter Prophets thus become part of the larger rabbinic project of liturgical study and cultural pedagogy.