Monthly Archives: July 2012

Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 18b and Yevamot 37b: is this temporary marriage?- Guest Post by Zvi Septimus and Lena Salaymeh

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Zvi Septimus and Lena Salaymeh are currently (at the time of publication) giving a lecture entitled “Marriage for Sex in Medieval Jewish and Islamic Legal Debates” at The Jewish Law Association’s 17th International Conference, going on now at Yale University. … Continue reading →

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Reading the Talmud in (The Islamic Republic of) Iran – Two Documents

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

One of the central interests of this blog is the relatively recent scholarly trend of ‘Reading the Talmud in Iran’ – that is, the practice of locating the Talmud in its Iranian context by highlighting connections between it and the … Continue reading →

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Rabbinics in the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

The international meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature will be held next week (July 22-26) in Amsterdam. As always, many sessions will be devoted to rabbinic literature; most notably this year are two multi-session units that will focus on … Continue reading →

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Some Useful New Websites

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Some new sites have gone up over the past couple of weeks that might be of use to our readers. The first, brought to our attention by Talmud Blog reader and commentor Zohar, is the Israel National Library’s new website … Continue reading →

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On the Arabic Talmud

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

I cannot remember exactly when I initially heard about the first complete translation of the Babylonian Talmud into Arabic, but I can remember what I felt: excitement, bewilderment, curiosity, and, I must confess, the quickening of my liberal heart.  From the first … Continue reading →

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