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 […]
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 […]
Being the principal alcoholic beverage of Mesopotamia, it is discussed at length in the Babylonian Talmud and, naturally, the vocabulary is Mesopotamian. […]
Zimmerman is correct in saying that a seven-day wait after any bleeding has become standard practice, almost never dispensed with. However, she […]
Perhaps it can be argued that the ḥumra of the daughters of Israel is termed a halakhah pesukah not because it is […]
One of the important distinctions between the diet of Graeco-Roman Palestine and Babylonia was the use of wine or beer as a […]
In its transition from Joseph’s death to a new era, the book of Exodus records: A new king arose over Egypt, who […]
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