Rules of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael
Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael and their scholars especially contributed to the development or establishment of these rules. Akiva devoted his attention particularly to the grammatical and exegetical rules, while Ishmael developed the logical. The rules laid down by one school were frequently rejected by another because the principles which guided them in their respective formulations were essentially different.
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