Publications
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The Book of the Pomegranate: Moses de Leons Sefer H-Rimmon
(2020)
The Book of the Pomegranate is a Hebrew edition of an important work by the Spanish kabbalist Moses de Leon (ca. 1240-1305). Sefer Ha-Rimmon, which was written in 1287, is particularly significant for study of the Zohar ...
The Biblical Herem: A Window in Israels Religious Experience
(2020)
The Biblical Herem: A Window on Israel
Barukh Kurzweil and Modern Hebrew Literature
(2020)
This book is a study of one of the foremost critics of Hebrew literature, Barukh Kurzweil. Kurzweil provides a window into the growth of, and theoretical reflection on, Hebrew literature as both a national literature and ...
Ben Siras View of Women: A Literary Analysis
(2020)
An ""analysis of gender not only in the biblical (Apocrypha) book of Sirach but in literature from the Second Temple period more broadly. Trenchard's study remains important for thinking about ""misogyny"" in the ancient ...
Claude Montefiore and Christianity
(2020)
Claude Montefiore (1858-1938) was among the major founders of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the World Union for Progressive Judaism, and was known for his radical ideas and deep sympathy for Christian ideas. This volume explores ...
The Synoptic Problem in Rabbinic Literature
(2020)
This volume contains six essays that address the ""synoptic problem"" in the study of rabbinic literature. As a whole, they argue for the utility of recognizing that rabbinic documents are as much collections of traditions ...
Support for the Poor in the Mishnaic Law of Agriculture: Tractate Peah
(2020)
This study seeks to uncover Tractate Peah's meaning by explaining its laws as they were understood by their authors around 200 C.E. Brooks offers both a new translation of the tractate as well as a commentary and study of ...
The Sanctity of the Seventh Year: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Shebiit
(2020)
This study is a translation and exegesis of Tractate Shebiit (The Sabbatical Year) in Mishnah and in its corresponding document, Tosefta. The goal of this volume is to explain the laws of this tractate as they were understood ...
Out of the Shtetl: Making Jews Modern in the Polish Borderlands
(2020)
In Out of the Shtetl: Making Jews Modern in the Polish Borderlands, Nancy Sinkoff examines some of the thinkers, particularly Mendel Lefin and Joseph Perl, who as part of the Jewish Enlightenment movement (Haskalah) of the ...
To Caesar What Is Caesars: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine
(2020)
In this book, Fabian E. Udoh offers an exhaustive study of all the sources relating to taxation in Roman Palestine. Udoh concludes that by the standards of the Roman Empire, taxation in Palestine was not oppressive. This ...