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1Jacob Lauterbach on the Talmud 1 Citation The University at Albany (a.k.a. SUNY Albany) library has a helpful listing of Guide to Resources in Rabbinic Literature. The page links to a short introduction to Rabbinic literature by Jacob Lauterbach that I was previously unaware of, An Introduction to the Talmud., technorati.com
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1 Citation I recently read a fascinating book entitled They Also Taught in Parables: Rabbinic Parables from the First Centuries of the Christian Era by Harvey K. McArthur and Robert M. Johnston. The first part is a collection of selected parables of the ????? (tannaim - the Rabbinic sages in the Mishnah from approximately 70-200 CE) and the second part comprised of essays on the nature of their parables and some comparisons with the parables of Jesus. The rabbinic word for parable(s) is mashal/meshalim, an, technorati.com
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Did the Torah really say that? 1 Citation A widely quoted rabbinic statement is ??????? ????: ?? ?? ?????? - ???? ??????? (?And the Torah said: If someone comes to kill you, get up and kill him). This statement can be found in a number of places in the Talmud: B. Berachot 48a; Berachot 62b; Yoma 85b; Sanhedrin 72a. As an aside, it is also the name of a book written by the former head of the Shin Bet, Yaakov Peri. The problem is that this apparent quote from the Torah, ??????? ?????, is not to be found anywhere in the entire Tanakh. The, technorati.com
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The Printing of the Shulhan Aruch 1 Citation R. Yair Hoffman has some comments on the printing of the Shulhan Aruch, Most of us know that the Shulchan Aruch was written by Rabbi Yoseph Karo. Most of us also know that the additions of the Rama, Rabbi Moshe Isserless, were added to the Shulchan Aruch and they served to eventually make the Shulchan Aruch the universally accepted legal code of all Jewish people?for Sephardim as well as for Ashkenazim. The first time that the Shulchan Aruch was printed with the Rama was not until 1577?four ye, technorati.com
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1 Citation Sorry for the really long delay between posts. The stress level of this quarter has ramped up big time lately, so I may not be able to post much over the next few weeks either. However, I did want to share something interesting that I encountered recently. I am part of a men's small group at my church and we have been talking about the book of Hebrews. Last week we discussed chapter 7, in which the author of Hebrews seems to view the mysterious figure of Melkizedek as a type of Christ. Afte, technorati.com
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1 Citation The most recent update from Hebrew Books is rich with modern scholarship of rabbinic literature. As I was finishing this I saw that Ishim ve-Shitot also mentioned some of these books, so there?s some overlap between our posts. There is lots of other material to see, but here are some notable mentions. 1. Y.N. Epstein, Mavo le-Nusah ha-Mishnah , parts one and two . 2. Zechariah Frankel, Mavo ha-Yerushalmi 3. Hanoch Albeck, Mehkarim be-Veraita u-ve-Tosefta 4. E.Z. Melamed,, technorati.com
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1 Citation While teaching a class the other day I came across an interesting note in Menachem Elon?s magnum opus Jewish Law : History, Sources, Principles . In his discussion of R. Yosef Caro?s Beit Yosef , Elon quotes extensively from Karo?s introduction to this work. At the end of a long list of authorities whom he will cite, Caro writes All their statements will be fully explained; and in, a few instances, passages from the Zohar . (Elon, 1316) The influence of the Zohar, technorati.com
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Matt Goldish-Jewish Questions: Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period 1 Citation Matthias Lehmann reviews here Matt Goldish?s Jewish Questions: Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period . From the table of contents it looks like an excellent collection of responsa from the period., technorati.com
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1 Citation See here for a new update from Hebrew Books. There are the usual gems. Here are some. 1. Saul Lieberman?s Yerushalmi Kif-Shuto 2. Louis Ginzberg, Perushim ve-Huddim be-Yerushalmi 3. Jastrow?s dictionary 4. Parts of Aptowitzer?s edition of Sefer Ha-Raviah , but also his very important Mavo Le-Sefer ha-Raviah ., technorati.com
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1 Citation Zuckermandel?s Tosefta can be found here . The Berlin edition of Halachot Gedolot based upon the Vatican MS can be found here ., technorati.com
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