Monthly Archives: October 2012

Review: Maggie Anton’s Rav Hisda’s Daughter- Guest Post by Ilana Kurshan

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

At our Talmud Blog-Jerusalem event, we described some of the ways that the TB community can participate in the larger conversation that we hope to foster here. At the top of the list is writing posts for the blog. And … Continue reading →

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The Talmud Blog Hosts Michal Bar Asher-Siegal

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

In a beautifully appointed Jerusalem home, and framed by some Avigdor Arikha, Michal Bar Asher-Siegal led an extremely animated discussion that compared many of the motifs comprising the Bavli’s Resh Lakish story cycle with similar elements from Syriac Christian hagiographical texts. Like … Continue reading →

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The Talmud Blog Hosts Zvi Septimus

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

It’s 10:00pm in New York, and, like many others, I’m watching the debate. But there’s one thing that I can’t stop thinking about, and that’s the lecture that I just heard at Drisha by Zvi Septimus, “Was Resh Lakish a Hedonist … Continue reading →

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W(h)ither Rabbinics

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

As contemporary academics, many of us are both cursed and  blessed with a chronic condition of acute-hyper-self-awareness. We cannot simply do what it is that we do. We must question, prod, examine, and analyze our vocation and ourselves to death. … Continue reading →

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Introducing the ‘Real’ Talmud Blog: Two Events in NYC and Jerusalem

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

The Talmud Blog is a place – a virtual one, that is – where regular writers and guest authors gather to talk about everything and anything relating to classical rabbinic literature and its effect on Jewish culture. Ultimately, we hope … Continue reading →

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