Kohelet “was struggling to use Hebrew or quasi-philosophic purposes, a use to which the language had not previously been applied”
The impact of Aramaic upon the syntax and vocabulary has already been discussed, while...
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“as much as we are stymied by halachah in these awful agunah situations, we are thankful to halachah for having created the marriages and the families that so many of us enjoy”
There are indeed any number of ways that a couple and a rabbi can...
“The Book of Kohelet “had come to be associated with the name of Solomon, traditional patron of Wisdom in Israel
…the book had come to be associated with the name of Solomon, traditional patron...
“…there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion” for a Get
…there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion. No one, not our...
“…Koheleth writes his book in old age, recapitulating the stages of his spiritual history in the process…”
…Koheleth writes his book in old age, recapitulating the stages of his spiritual history...
It is “clear that the BT’s agonism and rhetorical style owes much of its character and form to Greco-Roman rhetorical oratory”
In sum, the strikingly agonistic nature of the BT derives not only from its...
“While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic literature reinvented marriage as a deeply committed, truly covenanted relationship”
While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic...
There were “two different interpretive approaches were available to amoraim and stammaim who needed to disagree with the anonymous view of the Mishnah”
…we find that two different interpretive approaches were available to amoraim and stammaim who...
“…the Bible is not a collection of religious texts, but, rather, ‘a national literature upon a religious foundation'”
The time is long overdue for recognizing, as Ehrlich observed, that the Bible is...
Considering Some Similarities Between Eastern Christian Schools and Babylonian Yeshivot
Already three decades ago, Isaiah Gafni noted the similarities between these Eastern Christian schools...