Tag Archives: Shamma Friedman

Updates to the Lieberman Databases

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

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 →

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Shavua haSefer 2012

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

With the heat intensifying, the first of the summer groups arriving, and the stirrings of social-protest demonstrations, there is no question that the Israeli June is here. For this writer, and I imagine for many readers of the blog, the … Continue reading →

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Definite Article – The Book Club II

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

The ‘stammaitic consensus’, like many so-called consensuses, has paradoxically not yet achieved a total consensus. Still, aside from persistent skepticism emanating mainly from Israeli scholars, the stammaitic ‘toolbox’ has virtually become the source-critical method in use among academic Talmud scholars working in the field today. There have … Continue reading →

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Websites on Manuscripts and Websites as Manuscripts

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Recently, while casually surfing the web, I came across “a hilariously unsuccessful for-profit online education project” known as Fathom.com, which ran during the internet bubble. In a time when forecasts floated around saying that “distance education” would be “a $9 billion … Continue reading →

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Haim Zalman Dimitrovsky ז”ל- Guest Post by Prof. Shamma Friedman

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Haim Zalman Dimitrovsky ז”ל Shamma Friedman Haim Zalman Dimitrovsky (1920-2011) belonged to the first generation of academic Talmud scholars born and educated in Israel, and certainly one of the outstanding among them. His personality encompassed a unique blend of knowledge, … Continue reading →

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