Category Archives: Conferences
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
Introducing the ‘Real’ Talmud Blog: Two Events in NYC and Jerusalem
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
Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 18b and Yevamot 37b: is this temporary marriage?- Guest Post by Zvi Septimus and Lena Salaymeh
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
Rabbinics in the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
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
Conference Review: Legal Heterodoxy in Islamic and Jewish History: Late Antique and Medieval Transformations, University of California, Berkeley, April 23-24- Guest Post by Marc Herman
I confess that I arrived at the conference last week with a healthy dose of skepticism. Though billed as a treatment of “Legal Heterodoxy in Islamic and Jewish History,” I worried that the conference’s subtitle and chronological frame, “Late Antique and Medieval Transformations,” lightly masked a … Continue reading
The APJ’s Symposium on Halakha (Jewish Law) and Philosophy of Law: Authority, Halakha, and the ‘Official Vigilante’
We just got this announcement from the Association for the Philosophy of Judaism‘s (APJ) Aaron Segal: The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism is pleased to invite all interested parties to its forthcoming online symposium on halakha (Jewish law) and … Continue reading
Halakha in the Holiday Season
While vendors here in the open-market already began selling sufganiyot a few months ago, the recent displays of hanukiyot are a sure sign of the impending holiday season. Veteran readers of The Talmud Blog may recall Shai’s classic 2009 post … Continue reading
Next Month: AJS
In case you need some convincing to go to the AJS next month, here are some sessions that might persuade you to make the trip to DC. Three trends of note: (1) There seems to be new interest in thinking … Continue reading
SBL Conference, Day 2 Part 2- Guest Post by Ari Lamm
This is the last post in a three part series of guest posts by Ari Lamm. For prior installments see the Guest Contributors page. During my back-and-forth with Paul Heger I had to make the trek from the back of … Continue reading
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