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The Talmud Blog: Notes towards Srugim and Talmudic Culture
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Friday, March 19, 2010. Notes towards Srugim and Talmudic Culture. Despite the accolades that Srugim has received for achieving a kind of objective correlative that affords access to dati. It is worth noting that Srugim assumes that there is an inherent instability in the religious experience- an idea that R. J. B. Soloveitchik famously celebrated in "footnote 4" of his Halakhic Man. From the staid mid-century confines of Orthodox America, R. Soloveitchik. The glasses waiting to be immersed in the mikveh...
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The Talmud Blog: Moving On
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011. The Talmud Blog is now live as a web log collective at www.thetalmudblog.wordpress.com. Update your RSS feeds and what have you, and move on over. The (academictalmud.blogspot.com) blog will retain only a few, still relevant posts. And it will not be updated. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Talmudic News, Reviews, Culture, Currents and Criticism. View my complete profile. Goings on About Town. Hebrew manuscripts in Europre.
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The Talmud Blog: Letter from Salamanca - I
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Letter from Salamanca - I. On the way to Salamanca, you very quickly find yourself transported from the bustle, dirt and lights of Madrid. Poof, a journey worthy of physical and intellectual speculation. The Zoroastrian High Priest of Bombay, Dastur Firoze M. Kotwal was there, and the enormous bird nests left undisturbed on the upper columns inside the Faculty de Philologia may of reminded him of the Tower of Silence. Michael Stausberg, laughing. September 13, 2009 at 5:56 AM.
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The Talmud Blog: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Letter from Salamanca - I. On the way to Salamanca, you very quickly find yourself transported from the bustle, dirt and lights of Madrid. Poof, a journey worthy of physical and intellectual speculation. The Zoroastrian High Priest of Bombay, Dastur Firoze M. Kotwal was there, and the enormous bird nests left undisturbed on the upper columns inside the Faculty de Philologia may of reminded him of the Tower of Silence. Michael Stausberg, laughing. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Talmud Blog: Review: Maimonides in his World
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Sunday, June 6, 2010. Review: Maimonides in his World. I have begun writing for a wonderful new magazine of Jewish history, Segula. In the last issue, I published a review of Sara Stroumsa's book, Maimonides in his World. Since this issue is no longer current, I post it here. In the second, forthcoming issue, I have a more extensive article on Jewish Magic. Enjoy! Maimonides in His World:Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker. Princeton University Press, 2009. Deserves no less. The book. New York, 2007)]...
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The Talmud Blog: The Dank Weight of History
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Sunday, July 5, 2009. The Dank Weight of History. DISPATCH FROM THE BABYLONIAN COLLECTION. With all due respect, I think that historians who need to write op-eds about current affairs like talking heads are not doing anyone a service - even, and especially, when they are great historians. Preface). Still with the "sexiness" of edgy Jewish learning, maybe the Talmud can also find its way. July 7, 2009 at 2:12 PM. You sit and look at magical bowls. The only people interested in magic bowls are goths, g...
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The Talmud Blog: July 2009
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Sunday, July 5, 2009. The Dank Weight of History. DISPATCH FROM THE BABYLONIAN COLLECTION. With all due respect, I think that historians who need to write op-eds about current affairs like talking heads are not doing anyone a service - even, and especially, when they are great historians. Preface). Still with the "sexiness" of edgy Jewish learning, maybe the Talmud can also find its way. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Talmudic News, Reviews, Culture, Currents and Criticism. View my complete profile. Synopsi...
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The Talmud Blog: Stiched
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010. The much anticipated new season of the Israeli award-winning t.v. series, Srugim, is about to begin (January 10st), though virtually. Phenomenon" - good clip-on sidelocks, but did anyone notice how they did not check the eggs for bloodspots while baking,. World Shapiro's art reflects and refracts contemporary Israeli society in a myriad of ways. We find Nati pulling back the cloth from his dead mother's face as Amir pulls the vale from on top of Yifat's head. This blogger cann...
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The Talmud Blog: June 2010
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Sunday, June 6, 2010. Review: Maimonides in his World. I have begun writing for a wonderful new magazine of Jewish history, Segula. In the last issue, I published a review of Sara Stroumsa's book, Maimonides in his World. Since this issue is no longer current, I post it here. In the second, forthcoming issue, I have a more extensive article on Jewish Magic. Enjoy! Maimonides in His World:Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker. Princeton University Press, 2009. Deserves no less. The book. New York, 2007)]...
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The Talmud Blog: June 2009
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Friday, June 26, 2009. Picking up the Pieces. Shall we finish things off? Talk about old school historical scholarship! In retort, Gafni replied that there are no cedars left in Israel since they were uprooted - by Bar Kokhba's soldiers. The very calendrical Sacha Stern gave a talk about calenders, which we will have to get to later. And I had to miss Sabah Alidihisi's talk about the Mandaeans in order to catch my flight - any conference goers reading this who might want to fill in the blank? The provoca...
