Commentary for Shevuot 37:3

ורבי יוחנן אמר משמעות דורשין איכא בינייהו וכן אמר רב ששת משמעות דורשין איכא בינייהו דרב ששת מחליף דרבי אליעזר לרבי עקיבא ודרבי עקיבא לרבי אליעזר

And R'Johanan said: 'Inferences of Expounders' is the difference between them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He disagrees with Hezekiah who said that R. Eliezer and R. Akiba differ in their interpretation of the law; he holds that they do not differ at all as to the law; they both hold that it is not necessary that the unclean person should know the exact source of his uncleanness; but they merely choose different texts from which to deduce the law; they, therefore, differ as 'expounders' merely as to the texts from which they derive their 'inferences'.');">⁷</span> And so said R'Shesheth: 'Inferences of Expounders' is the difference between them, for R'Shesheth was wont to change the words of R'Eliezer for those of R'Akiba, and the words of R'Akiba for those of R'Eliezer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It matters not, since there is no difference in law between them.');">⁸</span> Raba inquired of R'Nahman: If he was unaware of both, what is the ruling?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Eliezer and R. Akiba who hold that sin offering is brought only for unawareness of uncleanness and not for unawareness of Temple, what is the ruling of the unclean person was unaware of both uncleanness and Temple?');">⁹</span>

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