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THE ARAMAIC DIALECT OF NEDARIM
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1980)
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 ...
HALAKHOT PESUKOT ("HILKHOT R. YEHUDAI GAON"). (HEBREW TEXT)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1984)
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 ...
Studies in the Talmudic emendation of Tannaitic sources: An analysis of five terms of emendation in the Babylonian Talmud. [Hebrew and English text]
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1987)
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 ...
MAR BAR RAV ASHI AND HIS LITERARY CONTRIBUTION (HEBREW TEXT)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1980)
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 ...
Educational theory and practice in Ashkenaz during the high Middle Ages
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1987)
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. ...
AKKADIAN AND UGARITIC LEXICOGRAPHY: A COMPARATIVE INQUIRY (MIDDLE EAST)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1983)
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, ...
POLEMICS OF REBIRTH: DAVID GORDON AND PROTO-ZIONISM, 1858-1886
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1983)
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 ...
PATTERNS IN GENESIS (BIBLE, EXEGESIS, MIDRASH, REDACTION, DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985)
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 ...
Rashi's commentary on the Book of Samuel: Critical edition and supercommentary
(Yeshiva University, 1987-05)
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 ...
The composition and structure of Mishnah "Sotah"
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1980)
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, ...