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Babylonian Talmud, Beer

“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...

Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud, Judaism

Zimmerman is correct in saying that a seven-day wait after any bleeding has become...

Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud

Perhaps it can be argued that the ḥumra of the daughters of Israel is...

Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud, Beer, Late Antiquity, Wine

One of the important distinctions between the diet of Graeco-Roman Palestine and Babylonia was...

Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud, Passover

In its transition from Joseph’s death to a new era, the book of Exodus...

Babylonian Talmud, Judaism, Rabbinic Literature

The topic of “tzniut” or “modesty” has recently become a prominent point of discussion...

Babylonian Talmud, Beer, Wine

…it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the...