Any followup on this I have been promised an electronic text of the Tosefta based on Lieberman s Tosefet Rishonim but no sign of it yet BTW of course the Tosefet Rishonim exists and covers the whole Tosefta its his later Tosefta Kifeshuta that he never finished this can already be mentioned in the article I can t see myself managing to get to the university library where I looked at it once before until I m on vacation at the end of the year so other peoples help would be much appreciated Also there is in fact a parallel account about Jacob the min in the Talmud Yerushalmi which is not mentioned currently in the article as it doesn t mention Yeshu and there the hometown is also clearly Sechania Even without knowing yet where the reading Samma comes from something can be mentioned in the article about what Herford s view was and similarly Zindler s