Mishnah, Tannaitic Literature “The term ma’aseh is the intrusion of real life events into the largely theoretical in hypothetical discourse of the Mishnah” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 February 2020 The term ma’aseh is the intrusion of real life events into the largely theoretical...
Late Antiquity, Mishnah, Tannaitic Literature “A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and differences between the compositions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2019 A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and...
Babylonian Talmud, Mishnah, Rabbinic Literature, Talmud of the Land of Israel “Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to fit the scenery” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 January 2019 Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here...
Bible, Judaism, Menstrual Impurity, Rabbinic Literature, Tannaim, Tannaitic Literature “In addition to the biblical distinction between normal and abnormal discharges, the rabbis developed two more categories…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 June 2017 Leviticus 15 is concerned with normal and abnormal, male and female genital discharges. As...