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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-25 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This is a study of the interrelationships between the formulary traditions of the legal documents of the Jewish colony of Elephantine and the legal formulary tr
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Twenty nine scholars from Israel, Europe and the Americas came together to honor and celebrate Prof. Bezalel Porten's (Emeritus, Dept. of History of the Jewish
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The Elephantine texts have been variously studied, mainly with respect to their impact on Jewish history. But these texts have more to offer, particularly in re
The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text
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In The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text, Paul Mandel presents a comprehensive study of the words darash and midrash from the Bible until the early rabb
Making a Case
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Authors: Sara J. Milstein
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-11 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Outside of the Bible, all of the known Near Eastern law collections were produced in the third to second millennia BCE, in cuneiform on clay tablets, and in maj