Browsing Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications by Title
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Saadia vs. Rashi: On the Shift from Meaning-Maximalism to Meaning-Minimalism in Medieval Biblical Lexicology.
(University of Pennsylavnia Press, 1998-01)Saadia Gaon and Rashi held very different views concerning the task of the lexicographer. Saadia believed that the lexicographer must not limit himself to listing the common, well-attested meanings of a word; he has a duty ... -
“Said Rabbi Shimon: When I went to Rome, There I saw the Menorah…” Some Personal Reflections on the YU Center for Israel Studies’ Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project.
(Yeshiva University, 2012-07)Some Personal Reflections on the YU Center for Israel Studies’ Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project -
Schools and Education.
(London: Cambridge University Press, 1984)Given the relative paucity of sources, and the need to utilize the sources that are available as effectively as possible, this treatment of medieval Jewish education will be organized by region. Although there are ... -
The Scorpion Spell from Wadi Hammamat: Another Aramaic Text in Demotic Script.
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A Selective Glossary of Northwest Semitic Texts in Egyptian Script
(Leiden: Brill, 1995)Almost all of the material in this glossary is drawn from Aramaic text in demotic script (papyrus Amherst 63 + papyrus Michigan/Amherst 43b), with only a sprinkling of entries from three New Kingdom documents in hieratic ... -
Semantic Developments in the Locution עמד על in Late Biblical Hebrew
(General of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, 2009)As Avi Hurvitz and others have shown, the transition between classical biblical Hebrew and rabbinic Hebrew, which is evidenced by late biblical Hebrew, is discernible in semantic developments. Words and expressions with ... -
Semitic Names for Utensils in the Demotic Word-List from Tebtunis
(University of Chicago Press, 2000-07)IN 1982, W. J. Tait published a fragmentary Egyptian text from Copenhagen berg 41a), written in Demotic script of the Roman period (second century believed to have been found at Tebtunis in the south of the Fayyum.' The ... -
Semitic Names for Utensils in the Demotic Word-List from Tebtunis.
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Solomon Schechter and Medieval European Rabbinic Literature.
(UCL Press, 2016-12)Solomon Schechter’s contributions to our knowledge of the rabbinic texts in the Cairo Genizah are legendary. But Schechter also expressed a wide variety of important ideas and theories about rabbinic literature and thought ... -
Spinoza on the Ethics of Courage and the Jewish Tradition
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Stockmen from Tekoa, sycomores from Sheba: A study of Amos’ occupations
(Catholic Biblical Association (CBA), 2003)Amos is viewed by many as a pivotal figure in the history of prophetism, in part because he worked for a living before his call instead of training to become a prophet. But what precisely was his occupation? The question ... -
"The Students Of Beit Shamai Stood Below and They Killed the Students of Beit Hillel:" A Call from Hazal for Mutual Respect in Times of Bitter Dispute.
(The Rabbi Isaac Elechanan Theological Center and the Center for Jewish History, Yeshiva University, 2021-07-18)One of the most astounding features of Hazal, the sages of the Mishnah and of both Talmudim, is their public willingness to discuss their most sensitive experiences, including their most public and bitter disputes. We ... -
Study of the Order of Qodashim and the academic aims and self-image of rabbinic scholars in medieval Europe
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Synagogues as Foci of Multi-Religious and Ideological Confrontation? The Case of the Sardis Synagogue
(Brill, 2021)It is tough to be a “holy place.” Once chosen, constructed, purchased, converted and negotiated, “places,” as opposed to texts or other visual sources, change slowly, and generally still exist long after those who made ... -
A Syriac Church Inscription from 504 CE.
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T. M. Johnstone. Harsusi Lexicon and English-Harsusi Word-List. London: OUP, 1977. Reviewed by Richard C. Steiner.
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Talmudic Studies.
(London: Cambridge University Press, 2018)The history and development of the study of the Oral Law following the completion of the Babylonian Talmud remain shrouded in mystery. Although significant Geonim from Babylonia and Palestine during the eighth and ninth ... -
A Talmudist’s Biblical Hermeneutics: A New Understanding of Maimonides’ Principle of Peshat Primacy.
(Ramat-Gan, Israel : Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University, [2002-, 2012)The clarification of Maimonides’ peshat model does more than simply demonstrate his connection to the celebrated peshat school of Jewish interpretation; it reveals how he shatters hermeneutical barriers and ... -
Texts and their creators: Charting the innovations of the tosafists
(Jerusalem: Magnes, 2011)טענתו של אבי ליפשיץ, שהתוספות לתלמוד לא חוברו כיצירות העומדות בפני עצמן אלא נועדו לשמש השלמות או מעין העדות שוליים לתלמוד הבבלי, מעוררת מחשבה. הוא הדין ביחס למסקנתו, שהחיקוי העקבי של שיטת הריק התלמודי ושל הנמקותיו הוא ... -
Textual and Exegetical Notes to Nicholas de Lange, "Greek Jewish Texts from the Cairo Genizah"
(Penn Press, 1998-07)Nicholas de Lange's Greek Jewish Texts from the Cairo Genizah (1996) is a work of crucial importance for the history of biblical exegesis. Of the 305 pages of texts published here, 225 are from biblical commentaries. ...
