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Talmud

After Long Feigning Interest in Conversion to Judaism, a 17th-Century German Wrote a Notorious Anti-Semitic Tract

Judaism Unmasked.

Henry Abramson
Aug. 15 2019 12:01AM

The Heretic Whose Teachings the Talmud Preserved and Transmitted

Elisha ben Avuyah became a vehicle for exploring the agonizing conundrums the rabbis were too honest to ignore but too pious to articulate.

James A. Diamond
Aug. 9 2019 12:01AM

Fewer People Won’t Make the World a Better Place

Prince Harry has it backward.

Jeff Jacoby
Aug. 5 2019 12:01AM

Interpreting the Legends of the Talmud

But ignoring the great rabbinic commentaries on them.

Yitzchak Blau
July 23 2019 12:01AM

The Rabbi, Beer-Brewer, and Price Regulator Who Brought 3rd-Century Talmudic Scholarship to Babylonia

Abba the Tall, known simply as Rav.

Henry Abramson
May 9 2019 12:01AM

How a Picture of a Dog Made Its Way into a 15th-Century Jewish Prayer Book

Loyal as Moses?

Marc Michael Epstein
April 30 2019 12:01AM

Idle Gossip and Judaism’s Theology of Speech

A desecration of what is most sacred.

Jonathan Sacks
April 12 2019 12:01AM

How the Talmud’s Depiction of Fetuses Learning the Entire Torah Differs from Its Platonic Parallel

An emphasis on human relationships.

Alex Ozar
April 5 2019 12:01AM

Nathan of Rome, Author of the First Jewish Dictionary

An 11th-century talmudic encyclopedia.

Henry Abramson
March 27 2019 12:01AM

Were Ancient Rabbis as Focused on Bible Interpretation as We Think They Were?

A new book argues that they weren’t, at least at first.

Yitz Landes
March 19 2019 12:01AM

Archaeologists Discover a Rare Talmudic-Era Mosaic in the Galilee

Along with a winepress and a magnificent synagogue.

Jerusalem Post
March 19 2019 12:01AM

Rabbinic Ideas of Jews and Gentiles Have Deep Roots in the Bible

A new book misses the mark.

Christine Hayes
Feb. 28 2019 12:01AM

How the Talmud Anticipated Behavioral Economics

From ancient tort laws to modern Israeli psychologists.

Shlomo Zuckier
Feb. 18 2019 12:01AM

A Baker Tries to Uncover the Lost Recipe of the Temple’s Sacred Bread

Durum wheat?

Alan Rosenbaum
Feb. 11 2019 12:01AM
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