Land and Spirituality in Rabbinic Literature

A Memorial Volume for Yaakov Elman ז''ל
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50315-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 71, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 689 g

Reihe: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism

This volume is devoted to the texts, traditions, and practices of the Land of Israel from the end of the Second Temple period through late antiquity. Based upon a conference organized by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, this collection uses a range of critical methodologies and sources, including the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmudim, archaeology, and Samaritan and Jewish liturgical poetry. It presents a vibrant, complex, and multi-layered series of snapshots of rabbinic culture, written by leading contemporary scholars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strauch Schick, Shana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Rabbinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Illustrations

Contributors

Part 1 Torat Erets Yisrael

1 Rabbinic Paleontology: Jewish Encounters with Fossil Giants in Roman Antiquity

Elisha Fine and Steven Fine

2 Tosefta Eduyot 1:1 On the Fear of Losing Torah and the Redaction of Tannaitic Materials

Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

3 Minhag and Popular Practice in Roman Palestine

Stuart Miller

4 The Roman Freedman and the ?alal: The Legal Models That Shaped Rabbinic Law on the Status of Converts in Marriage

Yael Wilfand

5 Shimon b. Shatah, the Donkey, and the Diamond: The Treasure and the Blessing, Law and Artistry

Nachman Levine

6 Whence Leprosy? An Inquiry into the Theodicies of the Tannaim

Shlomo Zuckier

7 Feasting, Fasting, and the Bounty of the Land: Rituals of Sukkot in Samaritan and Rabbinic Antiquity

Laura Lieber

8 Two Parallel Consolatory Poems for Tisha be’Av in Aramaic and Hebrew

Moshe Bernstein

Part 2 Torat Erets Yisrael in Babylonia

9 The Motif of the Forgetting and Restoration of Law: An Inter-Talmudic Difference about the Divine Role in Rabbinic Law

Alyssa Gray

10 The Use of Literary Considerations as a Key for Assessing the Reliability of Memrot in the Babylonian Talmud: The Case of the Lo Shanu Ela Traditions

Barak Cohen

11 Cultural Attitudes towards Scent in the Interpretation of Isaiah 11:3

Meira Wolkenfeld

12 “And God Blessed Them”: Procreation in Palestinian Halakhah and Babylonian Aggadah

Shana Strauch Schick

Part 3 Tributes to Yaakov Elman

13 Remembering Yaakov Elman ???

Lawrence Schiffman

14 Perpetual Motion

Shai Secunda

15 Professor Yaakov Elman: A Talmud Scholar of Singular Depth and Scope

Shana Strauch Schick

16 A Tribute to Professor Yaakov Elman

Meira Wolkenfeld

List of Yaakov Elman’s Publications

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Shana Strauch Schick, Ph.D. (2011), Yeshiva University, is a lecturer in Talmud at Shalem College in Jerusalem and a fellow at Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies. Her first book is Intention in Talmudic Jurisprudence: Between Thought and Deed (Brill, 2021).

Contributors are Elisha Fine, Steven Fine, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Stuart S. Miller, Yael Wilfand, Nachman Levine, Shlomo Zuckier, Laura Lieber,
Moshe Bernstein, Alyssa M. Gray, Barak Cohen, Meira Wolkenfeld, Shana Strauch Schick, Lawrence Schiffman, and Shai Secunda.