Category Archives: Reviews
On the Margins: A Review of E. Marienberg’s ‘La Baraïta de-Niddah’
Evyatar Marienberg, La Baraïta de-Niddah ברייתא דנידה. Un texte juif pseudo-talmudic sur les lois religieuses relatives à la menstruation (Bibliothèque de l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sciences Religieuses 157; Paris : Brepols, 2012). The Baraita deNidah is one of those compositions that … 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
Review: Maggie Anton’s Rav Hisda’s Daughter- Guest Post by Ilana Kurshan
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
Daniel Sperber’s Greek in Talmudic Palestine- Review by Yair Furstenberg
Daniel Sperber, Greek in Talmudic Palestine, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, 2012 How much Greek in Jewish Palestine? Were Samuel Krauss to address the question titling Saul Lieberman’s seminal essay of half a century ago, we could expect in reply … Continue reading
Revolution or an Evolution? A Review of Bar Ilan Responsa Project 20- Guest Post by Josh Yuter
At the end of tractate Horayot (14a), Rabbi Yohanan recounts a Tannaitic dispute between R. Shimon Ben Gamliel and his colleagues over which type of intelligence is superior: being knowledable in the sources or being “able to move mountains” through … Continue reading
Karaite Mishnah (and other friends too)
Ofra Tirosh-Becker, Rabbinic Excerpts in Medieval Karaite Literature, 2 Vols. Jerusalem: Mossad Bialik, 2012, 1219 pp., NIS 111. Everyone knows about the Karaites. They need little introduction: Ninth century Jews tired of geonic hegemony, going back to scripture to find law … 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
Simcha Emanuel’s “Responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg and his Colleagues”- Review by Pinchas Roth
Simcha Emanuel, Responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg and his Colleagues: Critical Edition, Introduction and Notes (Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 2012) Review by Pinchas Roth The thirteenth century has a reputation for being a little boring. Coming after … Continue reading
Reviews Galore
While the Talmud Blog assumes that readers will regularly check its constantly-updated twitter feed (accessible on the top-right of this page and through twitter), there are times when things tweeted might also be blogged, for emphasis. Since 1970, the Journal for the … Continue reading
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