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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
Posted in Mishna, Recent Publications, Reviews
Tagged Contexts, Naftali Cohn, Second Temple, The Temple
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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
Posted in Recent Publications, Talk of the Town
Tagged David Weiss Halivni, Geonim, Halakha, Magness, Rabeinu Hananel, Van Leer
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Iranica Antiqua 47: More on the Hebrew inscription on Ardashir’s Tunic
The latest Iranica Antiqua has just been published online. The Talmud Blog generally does not announce the publication of every journal from the field of Iranian Studies (or Late Antiquity, Early Christianity, etc etc), even though this might be of use … Continue reading
Posted in Readings, Recent Publications
Tagged Graffiti, Iran, Iranica Antiqua, Pahlavi, Shai Secunda, Shaul Shaked, Theodore Kwasman
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The Babylonian Talmud, Now in Arabic
As reported in such news outlets as the Jerusalem Post, Yeshiva World News, and PaleoJudaica, a new translation of the Babylonian Talmud into Arabic has just been published in Jordan and is on sale for $750. Veteran readers of the Talmud Blog … Continue reading
Otzar Ha-Geonim He-Hadash- Review by Yosaif Mordechai Dubovick
Otzar Ha-Geonim He-Hadash, Ed. R. Brody with C. Cohen and Y.Z. Stampfer (Jerusalem: Ofeq Institute, 5772). Review by Yosaif Mordechai Dubovick Towards the end of the sixth century, the torch of rabbinic leadership passed from the Amoraim to leaders referred to … Continue reading
Posted in Recent Publications, Reviews
Tagged Bava Metsiah, Benjamin Lewin, Geonim, Otzar Ha-Geonim, Robert Brody, Yosaif Dubovick
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Recent Publications from Brody and Co.
As tweeted earlier last week, Prof. Brody of Hebrew University’s department of Talmud and Halakha has just published, along with Zvi Stampfer and Carmiel Cohen, a new edition of Otzar Ha-Geonim. Stay tuned for an in-depth review in the coming … Continue reading
The Book Club: Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s Demonic Desires
UPDATE: THE BOOK CLUB IS NOW OPEN FOR COMMENTS! Book clubs are not only for Oprah Winfrey fans. While there are numerous forums that assess recent Rabbinics scholarship, including books received, abstract digests, short reviews and review essays, conference papers … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Boyarin, Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Yetzer Hara
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Of Intertexts, Rugelach, and Marginalia: Discussing Boyarin’s Intertextuality upon its Appearance in Hebrew
As noted a few weeks ago on The Talmud Blog, Boyarin’s Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash is now out in Hebrew, after a long wait. Last night, students, havrutot, friends, and admirers of Boyarin and Boyarenesque scholarship coalesced at … Continue reading
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To the two things that are certain in life, death and taxes, I would add foiled grand plans. My grand plan was to survey recent dissertations that discuss various aspects of purity in rabbinic literature – it seems that purity … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggada, Judith, Paul, Yerushalmi, Zussman
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