{"product_id":"land-and-spirituality-in-rabbinic-literature-a-memorial-volume-for-yaakov-elman-zl-9789004503151","title":"Land and Spirituality in Rabbinic Literature: A Memorial Volume for Yaakov Elman ז''ל","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210834960727,"sku":"9789004503151","price":119.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/land-and-spirituality-in-rabbinic-literature-a-memorial-volume-for-yaakov-elman-zl-9789004503151","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}