Author Archives: Yitz Landes
Conferences
With Shavuot behind us, no holidays on the horizon until September, and summer break in many other parts of the world, it’s high time for conference season here in the Holy Land. Here’s a list of what will be going … Continue reading
Some Notes on Yannai and Pesach: Between Exegesis and Received Traditions
Given this blog’s general preference for piyyutim of the Qaliri, it seems like the approaching holiday of Passover would be an appropriate time to discuss the work of his predecessor (and according to some traditions, his teacher) Yannai. Thanks to … Continue reading
Naftali Cohn’s “The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis”
In an attempt at remaining sane during the present Israeli election cycle, I found myself reading Naftali Cohn‘s The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis (although given some of the rhetoric voiced here by wannabe politicians … Continue reading
A Winter Day in Jerusalem- Dr. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger on “Books within Books”
One of the perks of studying in Jerusalem is “winter break”. No, not our winter break, but rather, those of foreign universities, during which many scholars end up visiting Jerusalem. For the Talmud Blog, this allowed us to hear Ron … Continue reading
The Talmud Blog Live- Ron on “The Torah as the Divine Logos in Tannaitic Literature”
After over a year and a half of blogging, last night, for the first time ever, all of the Talmud Blog’s editors and contributors were actually in the same place at the same time. And what better reason could there … Continue reading
The Mishnah and Second Temple Polemics: A Note on Tractate Hallah
The past few years have seen an abundance of new Mishnah scholarship. Between the literary turn exemplified by Avraham Walfish’s dissertation; the Cover-Bakhtin moment in Moshe Simon-Shoshan’s monograph; and the ritual and Temple focus of the work of Berkowitz, Stoekl … Continue reading
The Talmud Blog Hosts Zvi Septimus
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
Updates to the Lieberman Databases
I can’t claim to be much of a sports guy. Yes, I enjoy running, and I joined a makeshift ultimate frisbee team at my highschool for a couple of months (we were doomed from the get go- when it came … Continue reading
A Trip to the Bookstore
After holding back for a longtime, I caved in last friday and made a trip to my local ultra-Orthodox bookstore, Girsa. As one can imagine, there were even more options than ever for someone coming to do some daf yomi … Continue reading
Some Useful New Websites
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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