The more the archaeologists dig around Palestine and its environs, the more evidence they discover of the variety and versatility of the […]
What I do suggest is that religion, and such secular or anthropomorphic disciplines as philosophy, psychology, or sociology, have something in common, […]
Far too many Jews are too lazy mentally to take the trouble to inform themselves about the trends and currents of contemporary […]
In light of the creative dimension of the Mishnah’s redaction and a critical refusal to accept on faith the reliability of attributions […]
At times, the redactor preserved his sources as he inherited them, at times, he mildly altered them, and, at times, he significantly […]
Granting the importance of the analysis of the explicit and implicit rationales for halakhot, let us describe the refined historical approach mentioned […]
Mishnaic halakhah is presented in various forms such as precedents, enactments, edicts, customs, and, most commonly, casuistic formulations (i.e. case law). General […]
The analysis of the halakhah in the Mishnah commenced already in tannaitic times (see Henshke 1997) and has continued unabated until today. […]
The Mishnah is primarily an edited anthology of brief and often elliptical pronouncements on matters of Jewish law and practice, frequently providing […]
In those Tosefta layers which parallel the Mishna, the same names of Tannaim appear as in the Mishna and approximately in the […]
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