Tag Archives: Mekhilta

The Talmud Blog Live- Ron on “The Torah as the Divine Logos in Tannaitic Literature”

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

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 →

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You Rejoice – though not Me: Some Notes on bMeg 10b and its Parallels

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Does God rejoice at the downfall of the wicked? Surely He wants the good to prosper and the wicked to perish. Yet, the destruction of God’s own creatures, regardless of some poor choices they may have made in the past, … Continue reading →

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Redaction and Reconstruction

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Two  articles on redaction in the Tannaitic corpus that is not Mishnah were recently published. I thought that each exemplified an interesting facet of the reembracement of source criticism in recent years. The first is Yoav Rosenthal’s article in Tarbiz … Continue reading →

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A New Reading of 4Q251 8

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Note: Events and reviews are the mainstay of the blog, but some original research and thoughts will of course be posted from time to time. The ideas in these posts are not finished pieces. Rather, they are ideas thrown out … Continue reading →

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