“recycling…is the likely explanation for the relative scarcity of metal finds at major urban centres at opposite ends of the Sasanian empire…”
It should be remembered that recycling is not a modern Western concept, but is...
Category Archives: Babylonian Talmud
Cultivated Crops during the Time of the Babylonian Talmud
As in earlier periods, the staple crops were wheat, barley and dates. A daily...
“…the most important source for mapping Jewish settlement and…urban reality as a whole in Sasanian Babylonia is the Babylonian Talmud”
By far, the most important source for mapping Jewish settlement and, in a sense,...
“Being the principal alcoholic beverage of Mesopotamia, beer is discussed at length in the Babylonian Talmud and, naturally, the vocabulary is Mesopotamian”
Being the principal alcoholic beverage of Mesopotamia, it is discussed at length in the...
“The practice of waiting seven blood-free days following the end of a regular menstrual period is variously described in the Talmud as heḥemiru al atzman, minhaga, and halakhah pesukah, indicating that a variety of attitudes existed as to the severity of the requirement”
Zimmerman is correct in saying that a seven-day wait after any bleeding has become...
“…the term halakhah pesukah need not be considered the opposite of minhaga. It may simply mean a rule that cannot be questioned or supported on the basis of conventional talmudic dialectics”
Perhaps it can be argued that the ḥumra of the daughters of Israel is...
“The contrast between wine culture of Palestine and beer culture of Babylonia is well documented in the Talmud…”
One of the important distinctions between the diet of Graeco-Roman Palestine and Babylonia was...
“Through their sharp political interpretations of the Passover story, Rav and Shmuel described the political condition of the Jewish people long after the Exodus from Egypt”
In its transition from Joseph’s death to a new era, the book of Exodus...
“…the true Jewish ethos of modesty does not exclusively pertain to sexuality…”
The topic of “tzniut” or “modesty” has recently become a prominent point of discussion...
“…it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the Talmudic period”
…it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the...