A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and differences between the compositions and thereby functions as […]
Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to […]
The turn to the Talmud as a book of Western wisdom in Japan, Korea, and China is reminiscent of a similar interest […]
…the ability of an individual halakhist to bring about a change depends, to a certain extent, on his ability to foresee the […]
It should be remembered that recycling is not a modern Western concept, but is deeply rooted in human behaviour and economic practice […]
As in earlier periods, the staple crops were wheat, barley and dates. A daily grain market is referred to at Nehardea (Avodah […]
By far, the most important source for mapping Jewish settlement and, in a sense, urban reality as a whole in Sasanian Babylonia […]
The archaeological remains in Babylonia reveal few clear markers of Jewish identity. In the Greek and Roman world, with their so-called epigraphic […]
Rabbinic and Roman texts create the impression of a clear dichotomy between slaves and free people. Just as free male Roman citizens […]
For the rabbis, breastfeeding offers a fascinating set of variables for academic investigation. First, breast milk is produced by women and for […]
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