Oppositional trends within Judaism during the Talmudic and early Gaonic periods by Johann Maier

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Fan fiction and ancient scribal cultures by Frauke Uhlenbruch, Sonja Ammann

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Early Religious Zionism and Erudition Concerning the Temple and Sacrifices by Isaac Hershkowitz

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Yedidyah Ha-Alexandri and the Crisis of the Modern Jewish Age: Philo of Alexandria as an Exemplary Ḥasid in Naḥman Krochmal’s Thought by Ze’ev Strauss

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The attemped murder by Laban the Aramean: an example of intertextual reading in Midrash by Karin Hedner-Zetterholm

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Death, demons, and the medium of the message: exploring the exegesis of 1 Samuel 28:3-25 in the early church by James, O

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The priest anointed for battle by Nils Martola

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Ḥam Ribi Avram Finci’s Ladino Translation of Selected Texts from the Zohar as a Rare Glimpse into the Methodology of Traditional Bosnian Sephardic Yeshivot (Adult Learning Clubs) a... by Eliezer Papo

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Folklore in Antiquity by Galit Hasan-Rokem, Haim Weiss

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Vape Gods and Judaism—E-cigarettes and Jewish Law by Sharon Galper Grossman

“…Methods A survey of current medical literature about the risks and potential benefits of e-cigarette use, and a review of existing rabbinic literature regarding both combustible and e-cigarette products. …”
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Proces Jezusa w przekazie Talmudu by Piotr Łabuda

“…The extracts treating of Jesus in the rabbinic literature included in the Babylonian Talmud describe the events from the life and public ministry of Master of Nazareth in a very peculiar way. …”
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Weaning Away from Idolatry: Maimonides on the Purpose of Ritual Sacrifices by Reuven Chaim Klein

“…After clearly elucidating Maimonides’ stance on the topic, this essay examines his view from different angles with various possible precedents in earlier rabbinic literature for such an understanding. The essay also shows why various other Jewish commentators objected to Maimonides’ understanding and how Maimonides might respond to those critiques. …”
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Priestly Garments as Atoning Agents in Amoraic Literature by Shlomo Zuckier

“…This paper traces several versions of that tradition in exploring the expansive account of atonement found in these rabbinic texts and contextualizing that within other developments in classical Judaism and rabbinic literature.…”
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Fra bibelske til rabbinske opfattelser af askese: Jødedommens verdensbekræftende praksis by Marianne Schleicher

“…Fraade’s definition of asceticism as a departing point, the article examines abstinence and self-training in the Hebrew Bible, early Jewish and early Rabbinic literature. The author discerns three types of moderate asceticism: that of the priest, the layperson, and the hero/-ine. …”
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Book reviews by Hanne Trautner-Kromann, Albert van der Heide, Eva-Maria Jansson, Martin Schwarz Lausten

“…The Mezuzah in rabbinic literature (Eva-Maria Jansson, 1999) is reviewed by Albert van der Heide.The Jewish-Christian controversy from the earliest times to 1789, Volume I, History (Samuel Krauss, 1996) is reviewed by Hanne Trautner-Kromann.Landet och missionen. …”
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Historia i teologia czwartej ewangelii w świetle "Żydów" Janowych by Stanisław Wróbel

“…First the author makes analysis of the term “Jews” in the wider context of Jewish sources (Old Testament, Qumran texts, rabbinic literature, Josephus Flavius and Philon of Alexandria) and Christian sources (New Testament, patristic literature). …”
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Surnames of Jewish People in the Land of Israel from the Sixteenth Century to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by Alexander Beider

“…For the 16th–18th centuries, the surnames of Jews who lived in Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberias, and Hebron can be mainly extracted from the rabbinic literature. For the 19th century, by far the richest collection is provided by the materials of the censuses organized by Moses Montefiore (1839–1875). …”
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The conceptualisation of morality in Judaism by Gavin Michal

“…This article dealt with the irony that confronts any investigation into the conceptualisation of morality in Judaism: much of contemporary scholarship promotes the Strong Dependence Theory where God is considered the prime source of morality − yet an empirical analysis of classical rabbinic literature indicates a leaning more towards the Weak Dependence Theory which considers human beings the source for morality. …”
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With Reverence for the Word by Aisha Geissinger

“…The book contains both a general subject index and an index to citations from the Bible, Rabbinic literature, and the Qur’an. Part 1, which contains 10 chapters on medieval Jewish exegesis, is arguably the most vibrant portion of this book. …”
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Developments in the Syntax and Logic of the Talmudic Hermeneutic Kelal Uferaṭ Ukelal by Chernick Michael

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