This volume, the second of a five-volume edition of the third order of the Jerusalem Talmud, deals in part I (Soṭah) with the ordeal of the wife suspected of adultery (Num 5) and the role of Hebrew in the Jewish ritual. Part II (Nedarim) is concerned with Korban and similar expressions, vows and their consequences, and vows of women (Num 30).
This volume, the second of a five-volume edition of the third order of the Jerusalem Talmud, deals in part I (Soṭah) with the ordeal of the w...
The ninth volume of this edition, translation, and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud contains two Tractates. The first Tractate, "Documents," treats divorce law and principles of agency when written documents are required. Collateral topics are the rules for documents of manumission, those for sealed documents whose contents may be hidden from witnesses, the rules by which the divorced wife can collect the moneys due her, the requirement that both divorcer and divorcee be of sound mind, and the rules of conditional divorce. The second Tractate, "Nazirites," describes the Nasirean vow and is...
The ninth volume of this edition, translation, and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud contains two Tractates. The first Tractate, "Documents," treats ...
In medieval Ashkenaz piyyut commentary was a popular genre that consisted of ‛open texts' that continued to be edited by almost each copyist. Although some early commentators can be identified, it is mainly compilers that are responsible for the transmitted form of text. Based on an ample corpus of Ashkenazic commentaries the study provides a taxonomy of commentary elements, including linguistic explanations, treatment of hypotexts, and medieval elements, and describes their use by different commentators and compilers. It also analyses the main techniques of compilation and the various...
In medieval Ashkenaz piyyut commentary was a popular genre that consisted of ‛open texts' that continued to be edited by almost each copyist. Al...
It is a widespread idea that the roots of the Christian sermon can be found in the Jewish Derasha. But the story of the interrelation of the two homiletical traditions, Jewish and Christian, from New Testament times to the present day is still untold. This book offers the papers of the first international conference (Bamberg, Germany, 6th to 8th March 2007) which brought together Jewish and Christian scholars to discuss Jewish and Christian homiletics in their historical development and relationship and to sketch out common homiletical projects.
It is a widespread idea that the roots of the Christian sermon can be found in the Jewish Derasha. But the story of the interrelation of the two ho...
Der Midrasch Wajoscha gehort zur rabbinischen mittelalterlichen Literatur und kommentiert die Bibelstellen Genesis 22 (Bindung Isaaks) und Exodus 15 (Lied am Schilfmeer). Hierbei werden auch folkloristische Traditionen sowie geschichtliche Ereignisse berucksichtigt. Die verschiedenen Textvarianten wurden auf Basis mehrerer Handschriften zusammengestellt und verglichen. Als Resultat ergibt sich ein Bild mittelalterlichen Lebens in Mitteleuropa, dessen Wurzeln sich auch auerhalb der Welt der Synagoge erstrecken.
Der Midrasch Wajoscha gehort zur rabbinischen mittelalterlichen Literatur und kommentiert die Bibelstellen Genesis 22 (Bindung Isaaks) und Exodus 1...
The well-known Judaic scholar and historian, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007), started his academic career in 1940 at the Berlin College for Judaic Studies. In 1943 he successfully fled from Nazi Germany to Switzerland. He held academic posts at the Universities of Zurich, Basle, Frankfurt/Main and Berlin.
From an early stage in his career, Ehrlich worked for dialogue between Jews and Christians. During the Second Vatican Council he was an adviser to Cardinal Augustin Bea drafting the statement Nostrae Aetate dealing with relations between the Catholic Church and...
The well-known Judaic scholar and historian, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007), started his academic career in 1940 at the Berlin College for Judaic...
Die Autorin analysiert die politische Konzeption des Messias als Konig und Gesetzgeber bei Maimonides in seinen Briefen, in Pereq Heleq sowie in Mishneh Torah. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt auf folgenden Schwerpunkten: a) die Konzeption des Konig-Philosophen bei Platon und Aristoteles; b) die karaischen Einflusse auf Pereq Heleq sowie die Einflusse der Mu'taziliten und der Ash'ariten durch die karaische Vermittlung; c) die individuelle und gemeinschaftliche Dimension des olam ha-ba im Werk Maimonides'; d.) die Beziehung zwischen Philosophie und Gesetz im...
Die Autorin analysiert die politische Konzeption des Messias als Konig und Gesetzgeber bei Maimonides in seinen Briefen, in Pereq Heleq so...
The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the same type of material that is found in introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible commentaries. The application of Goldberg s form analysis to these sections reveals the new form Inner-Midrashic Introduction (IMI) as a thematic discourse on introductory issues to biblical books. By its very nature the IMI is embedded within the comments on the first biblical verse (1:1). Further analysis of medieval rabbinic Bible commentary introductions in terms of their formal, thematic, and material characteristics, reveals that a high...
The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the same type of material that is found in introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible co...
Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer represents a late development in "midrash," or classical rabbinic interpretation, that has enlightened, intrigued and frustrated scholars of Jewish culture for the past two centuries. Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer's challenge to scholarship includes such issues as the work's authorship and authenticity, an asymmetrical literary structure as well as its ambiguous relationship with a variety of rabbinic, Islamic and Hellenistic works of interpretation. This cluster of issues has contributed to the confusion about the work's structure, origins and identity....
Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer represents a late development in "midrash," or classical rabbinic interpretation, that has enlightened, intrigued a...
Seitdem im Jahr 1822 der Begriff von einer "Wissenschaft des Judentums" erstmals verwendet wurde, bezeichnet er die wissenschaftliche Beschaftigung von Juden mit allen Bereichen des judischen Lebens und der judischen Geschichte bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ein Aspekt, der in der wissenschaftlichen Betrachtung vernachlassigt wurde, ist die Beschaftigung judischer Wissenschaftler mit dem Christentum. Der vorliegende Sammelband thematisiert, wie ausgewahlte Autoren der Wissenschaft des Judentums sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten des Christentums auseinandergesetzt haben und zeigt, welche...
Seitdem im Jahr 1822 der Begriff von einer "Wissenschaft des Judentums" erstmals verwendet wurde, bezeichnet er die wissenschaftliche Beschaftigung vo...
