Land and spirituality in rabbinic literature : : a memorial volume for Yaakov Elman / / edited by Shana Strauch Schick.

• Superior document: Brill reference library of Judaism ; Volume 71
• TeilnehmendeR: Strauch Schick, Shana,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Brill reference library of Judaism ; Volume 71.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 pages)
• Notes: This volume is devoted to the texts, traditions, and practices of the Land of Israel during the Talmudic period. Using a variety of critical methodologies, this collection offers a picture of rabbinic literature and Israelite cultures that are multi-layered and complex.

This volume is devoted to the texts, traditions, and practices of the Land of Israel from the end of the Second Temple period through late antiquity. Based upon a conference organized by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, this collection uses a range of critical methodologies and sources, including the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmudim, archaeology, and Samaritan and Jewish liturgical poetry. It presents a vibrant, complex, and multi-layered series of snapshots of rabbinic culture, written by leading contemporary scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Part 1 Torat Erets Yisrael -- 1 Rabbinic Paleontology: Jewish Encounters with Fossil Giants in Roman Antiquity / Elisha Fine and Steven Fine -- 2 Tosefta Eduyot 1:1 On the Fear of Losing Torah and the Redaction of Tannaitic Materials / Michal Bar-Asher Siegal -- 3 Minhag and Popular Practice in Roman Palestine / Stuart Miller -- 4 The Roman Freedman and the Ḥalal : The Legal Models That Shaped Rabbinic Law on the Status of Converts in Marriage / Yael Wilfand -- 5 Shimon b. Shatah, the Donkey, and the Diamond: The Treasure and the Blessing, Law and Artistry / Nachman Levine -- 6 Whence Leprosy? An Inquiry into the Theodicies of the Tannaim -- Shlomo Zuckier -- 7 Feasting, Fasting, and the Bounty of the Land: Rituals of Sukkot in Samaritan and Rabbinic Antiquity -- Laura Lieber -- 8 Two Parallel Consolatory Poems for Tisha be’Av in Aramaic and Hebrew / Moshe Bernstein -- Part 2 Torat Erets Yisrael in Babylonia -- 9 The Motif of the Forgetting and Restoration of Law: An Inter-Talmudic Difference about the Divine Role in Rabbinic Law / Alyssa Gray -- 10 The Use of Literary Considerations as a Key for Assessing the Reliability of Memrot in the Babylonian Talmud: The Case of the Lo Shanu Ela Traditions -- Barak Cohen -- 11 Cultural Attitudes towards Scent in the Interpretation of Isaiah 11:3 -- Meira Wolkenfeld -- 12 “And God Blessed Them”: Procreation in Palestinian Halakhah and Babylonian Aggadah / Shana Strauch Schick -- Part 3 Tributes to Yaakov Elman -- 13 Remembering Yaakov Elman ז״ל / Lawrence Schiffman -- 14 Perpetual Motion / Shai Secunda -- 15 Professor Yaakov Elman: A Talmud Scholar of Singular Depth and Scope / Shana Strauch Schick -- 16 A Tribute to Professor Yaakov Elman / Meira Wolkenfeld -- List of Yaakov Elman’s Publications -- Index.