Not all of the Babylonian Aramaic which is recorded in the Talmud is of a homogeneous nature. There are major grammatical and lexical differences which set the Babylonian tractate of Nedarim apart from the remainder of the ...

This study deals with the book "Halakhot Pesukot" (=HP), the first legal compendium of the post-Talmudic era in Babylonia. The book was known under various titles, and achieved widespread popularity already in the middle ...

The phenomenon of text emendation of Tannaitic sources by Amoraim and the anonymous sugyah is attested to by the Babylonian Talmud in a wide number of cases. Various technical terms (hagahot) are used by the Talmud to ...

The period between the death of Rav Ashi (427 CE) and that of Rabina the latter, bar Rav Huna (500 CE) is still beset with serious historical and literary uncertainties. In addition, the very identification of the period's ...

This study of Ashkenazic education in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries examines the degree of communal involvement in the educational process as well as the economic and societal factors that affected this process. ...

The purpose of this work will be to elucidate problematical Ugaritic vocables through the use of the Akkadian lexicon. Although scholars have utilized other Semitic tongues in attempts to explain difficult Ugaritic words, ...

Ha-Maggid, the first Hebrew newspaper in Eastern Europe, and its editor David Gordon influenced the development of proto-Zionism (1840-1881) and Hibbat Zion (1881-1896), the forerunners of Herzl's political Zionism. A ...

This study sought to establish that there are extensive verbal and thematic links between accounts within Genesis and between accounts in Genesis and those outside it. Rigorous methodological requirements were set to insure ...

ABSTRACT Rashi’s commentaries on the Prophets and Writings have not received the same scholarly attention as his Pentateuchal commentary. Numerous supercommentaries have been written on the latter while only a handful ...

Statement of Thesis. Mishnah represents an amalgamation of literary sources joined together in a logical fashion by its editor. A grasp of its literary structure will aid in the clarification of the text and, concomittantly, ...