Bu makalede yer alan içerik Danyal kitabında bahsedilen 4 krallığın tarihsel bir incelemesidir ve Danyal'ın sembolik yorumlarını ele alarak bu krallıkların tarihsel ve teolojik önemlerini açığa çıkarmayı hedefler. İncilsel kaynaklarla... more
Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide a reconsideration of Michael Buckland's important question, "What is a document?", analysing the point and purpose of definitions of "document" and "documentation".... more
Este es un trabajo de traducción libre que se está desarrollando en partes separadas sobre el libro titulado: "Pirke Avot Filosofim: Entre el Pirke Avot y la Filosofía Occidental" publicado en el 2016 por Tzadok Alon y Benzi Schreiber.
Reflexiones para la vida "Un águila no anda a trote:-y esa es la vida-¡hacer trotar un águila!" De una bella manera, con un toque fantasía y realidad, en las historias se honra de valor de la colaboración y el trabajo en equipo, la... more
“Ezra the Scribe and the (Purported) Origins of Targum.” Pages 343–50 in A Sage in New Haven: Essays on the Prophets, the Writings, and the Ancient World in Honor of Robert R. Wilson. Edited by Alison Acker Gruseke and Carolyn J. Sharp.... more
“‘Bringing the Messiah(s) Through Law’: Reflections from the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Some Successors.” Pages 25-37 in Torah in Early Jewish Imaginations. Edited by Ariel Feldman and Timothy J. Sandoval. Forschungen zum... more
“Translation and Authority: Three (Very Different) Cases.” Pages 97-110 in Making History: Studies in Rabbinic History, Literature, and Culture in Honor of Richard L. Kalmin. Edited by Carol Bakhos and Alyssa M. Gray. Brown Judaic Studies... more
Review: Elana Stein Hain, Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity. Contemporary Jewry 44.3 (2024): 759-61.
On the Wilderness as a site for Revelation. Survey of Biblical, Second Temple, and Early Rabbinic sources.
When Did the Oral Torah Become a Written Text? MAR 31, 2025, YIGAL BIN-NUN After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Sages of the Talmud observed a profound upheaval in the world, questioning whether the laws of the... more
MASADA New Evidence: By David Ramati One of the most controversial subjects in Jewish history is the famous story of the Jewish defense of Masada during the 2nd Temple period. It was the last major Jewish fortification destroyed in that... more
An exploration of the theme of work in the book of Exodus - focusing on the stories of making bricks for Pharaoh, gathering the manna, and constructing the Tabernacle - with a discussion of the rabbinic understanding of the nature of... more
Book chapter in Christian Readings of Rabbinic Sources in Medieval Polemic, edited by Alexander Fidora and Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, 189–214.
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024.
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024.
Miscarriages, 1 whether spontaneous, accidental, or intentional (i.e., abortion) were a topic of comments, actions taken, and laws in ancient Israel. As a subject of historical inquiry, miscarriages in ancient Israel present specific... more
For 1000 years, we know nothing about the Jews A millennium separates the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by the Romans from the rise of Hebrew literature, which emerged in the Jewish world in the 11th century. This period begins... more
ערב עיון לזכרו של פרופ' אברהם גרוסמן, האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים, ד' בניסן תשפ"ה, 2/4/2025
This study discusses two stories in Jerusalem Talmud on R. Pinḥhas ben Yair who controls mice and forces them to gather in one place and to do his wishes. The two stories have in common their demonstration of the learned sage’s power to... more
Ancient Jewish law took a strict approach to medical relationships between Jews and non-Jews. Sages forbade Jews to provide non-Jews with medical services: to treat them, circumcise them, or deliver their babies, in order to refrain from... more
Ancient Jewish law took a strict approach to medical relationships between Jews and non-Jews. Sages forbade Jews to provide non-Jews with medical services: to treat them, circumcise them, or deliver their babies, in order to refrain from... more
The current study deals with the long halakhic debate with regard to truffles and mushrooms, and it reflects the development of Jewish law on this topic throughout history. Three historical stages may be discerned in this matter. The... more
A long tradition of comparative scholarship has succeeded to establish the impact of Roman legal environment on rabbinic law making during the first two centuries CE, particularly in the field of family and status. Yet, the specific... more
An exposition of the phrase "this generation" spoken by Jesus as recorded in Matthew 24:34.
Esther, an opera based on the story of the fi rst Purim, by Jan Meyerowitz with a libretto by Langston Hughes. Pictured are Armand McLane, at left, as the King; Carol Bayard, who sang the title role; Stan Porter as Haman (center), and... more
The lengthy aggadic sugya in Tractate Megillah 10b-17a is essentially a commentary on the Book of Esther. This monograph is intended to make that sugya accessible to a broad, educated audience
The Republic of Haiti elected and non-elected public officials are to practice and uphold the Stoic way of life based on principles like humility, moderation, moral integrity throughout their rule, and amidst political instabilities. The... more
This article investigates the possible meaning and background of the comparison that the resurrected will be ‘like the angels’ (ὡς ἄγγελοι, Matt. 22:30, Mark 12:25). The depiction of angelic bodies in the Old Testament and Second Temple... more
In 1946 , the scholar Abraham Meir Haberman published The Book of Edicts in Asltkenaz and Fr~ce .(n~i~, ~J~lllt(.n,,,u ioo), 1 an anthology containing a series of chl'Onicles and p1yyutim written m Hebrew by Jews reporting on the murder... more
Three sequences of parallels between the story in Luke and the story in Jewish War are described (in which both stories parody each other, and both evoke the Passover ritual requirements) are shown to all conform to an intentional pattern... more
This thesis investigates the significance of menstruation, menopause, and motherhood within the context of Jewish-Christian relations in medieval religious texts. By examining the menstrual cycles of key biblical female figures -such as... more
The article examines instances of grammaticalisation in Mishnaic Hebrew, highlighting the transition from Biblical Hebrew. Key examples include the particle הוֹאִיל ‘because, since’, which evolved from a Biblical Hebrew verb to a causal... more
Pluralism, as an ideological thesis regarding religion, is usually an idea promoted by believers and lay people . Finding proper approaches and possible solutions becomes crucial to detect the difference between religious faith and... more
מרכז מרשמים לאומי, על הבעיה והפתרון שמומשו בשע"ם בראייה לאומית
:תגיות
מזל בספרות רבנית
אסטרולוגיה יהודית
תלמוד בבלי -- ביקורת עריכה
תלמוד ירושלמי -- שבת -- ביקורת, פרשנות וכד'
תלמוד בבלי -- שבת -- קנו -- פירו
מזל בספרות רבנית
אסטרולוגיה יהודית
תלמוד בבלי -- ביקורת עריכה
תלמוד ירושלמי -- שבת -- ביקורת, פרשנות וכד'
תלמוד בבלי -- שבת -- קנו -- פירו
מגילת אסתר: האמנם מספרי הקודש? מגילת אסתר היא סיפור-חצר. בכל סיפור החצר הזה כפשוטו, מתחילתו ועד סופו אין ביטוי רוחני אחד שלא לומר ביטוי דתי. אל תחפשו במגילה את שם אלוהים כי לא תמצאו. התכנים ארציים וכמובן בעייתיים (בלשון המעטה). כאן תוכלו... more
The article explores artistic and textual representations of the first murder, focusing on Cain and Abel in biblical and Qurānic traditions. Using visual and textual examples from antiquity to the Renaissance, the study examines the... more
The article explores artistic and textual representations of the first murder, focusing on Cain and Abel in biblical and Qurānic traditions. Using visual and textual examples from antiquity to the Renaissance, the study examines the... more
My aim in this paper is to contribute to what has already been written on the verse in three ways. First, I engage in a close reading of the verse within a more complete literary context, including making recourse to the several... more
This paper examines the naming episode in the Quran’s Adam story, in which God teaches Adam “the names, all of them”, to counter the angels’ objection to the creation of the human creature on the basis that he will “spread corruption …... more
מ"פירורים ירושלמיים" למהדורה צומחת
ביום ראשון, ח' בניסן תשפ"ה, 6 באפריל 2025
משעה 20:00 עד 21:15 (שעון ישראל)
ביום ראשון, ח' בניסן תשפ"ה, 6 באפריל 2025
משעה 20:00 עד 21:15 (שעון ישראל)
An ultra-rationalist post-University yeshivah student-one who prides herself on her nickname "the Vulcan," anglo orbiter of a sober-minded Yemenite congregation, faithful (if middlingly competent) disciple of Maimonides-would warn the... more
Collegium Doctorum 20 (2024/2), 267-272.
Examining how the theme of the Reign of God offers some insights into the practice of Christian education.
Prayer, as a foundational element of spiritual practice, establishes a crucial bond between humanity and God. This paper explores the nature of prayer as presented within the Hebrew Bible, analyzing the attributes and consequences of... more