Review of Rabbinic Judaism 20 (2017) issue 2

A NEW ISSUE OF REVIEW OF RABBINIC JUDAISM: Volume 20, Issue 2, 2017. TOC:

Research Article
The People, Not the Peoples: The Talmud Bavli’s “Charitable” Contribution to the Jewish-Christian Conversation in Mesopotamia
Author: Alyssa M. Gray
pp.: 137–167 (31)

Research Article
Early Rabbinic Judaism and the Danger in Ezekiel 1
Author: Rick Van De Water
pp.: 168–192 (25)

Research Article
The Use of Numbers as an Editing Device in Rabbinic Literature
Authors: Ariel Ram Pasternak and Shamir Yona
pp.: 193–234 (42)

Research Article
The Death of Honi the Circle Maker
Author: Zvi Ron
pp.: 235–250 (16)

Research Article
The Individual vs. Society in Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach’s Halakhic Rulings
Author: Amir Mashiach
pp.: 251–271 (21)

Other
Machiavelli and Sforno
Authors: Bernard Pinchuk and Lawrence Zalcman
pp.: 273–278 (6)

Book Review
Matthew and the Mishnah. Redefining Identity and Ethos in the Shadow of the Second Temple’s Destruction, written by Akiva Cohen
Author: Bruce Chilton
pp.: 279–281 (3)

Book Review
Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition. The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library, written by Benjamin D. Sommer
Author: Gary G. Porton
pp.: 282–286 (5)

Book Review
The Value of the Particular: Lessons from Judaism and the Modern Jewish Experience, written by Michael Zank and Ingrid Anderson
Author: David Ellenson
pp.: 287–289 (3)

Book Review
Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History, written by Zev Eleff
Author: Aaron I. Reichel
pp.: 290–297 (8)

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