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Topics discussed in this volume include different types of structure in Talmudic texts from a literary point of view; the study of the Aramaic language utilized in the Bible and the Talmud from a linguistic and interpretive perspective; the redaction of sugyot in the Talmud Bavli analyzed from a textual point of view; and matters of halakha and halakhic rules. The author also examines contemporary topics such as modern Judaism in Israel and peacemaking efforts grounded in the Pentateuch and Jewish tradition.
“[The author] illuminates many different phenomena from the Babylonian Talmud [...], especially in tractate Eruvin. He delves into the questions of discretion in the redaction of sugyot. He manages to expose the tripartite structure as a phenomenon that characterizes tractate Eruvin and other places in the Babylonian Talmud. He raises the halakhic decisions from the Talmudic debates, and notices the development of the versions exchange and variants.”
— Prof. Noah Aminoach, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University, Israel
—Shulamit Valler, Emeritus Professor of Talmud, Jewish History Department, University of Haifa
Uri Zur is a researcher in Jewish studies at the Department of Israel Heritage, Ariel University. His major interests in this field focus on the redaction of sugyot, tripartite structure, textual grounding of Halakha, Genizah studies, history and Aramaic language. Prof. Zur served as Head of the Department of Israel Heritage at Ariel University (2008-2010) and as co-editor of the journal Moreshet Israel (2008-2012) and still serves as member of its editorial board. He is also the winner of the Aminoah Prize 2018 for the book The tripartite structure of the Sugyot: Studies in Tractate Eruvin of the Babylonian Talmud (Ariel University Press, 2016). Among his other publications are several papers and the book Orr Israel (Habermann Institute for Literary Research, 1999).
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One. Structure
1. Chaining as a Shaping Feature of Tannaitic Source Text
2. Chaining as a Structuring Means of the Sugya in the Talmud Bavli
3. The Tripartite Structure in Sugyot from Tractate Eruvin of the Talmud Bavli
Part Two. Language
4. Different Readings, Different Meanings: A Dialogue between R. Jose the Galilean and Beruriah the Leader
5. Ancient Aramaic and Its Use in the Biblical Translation, Targum Onqelos
6. Towards a Talmudic Lexicon: The Aramaic Root ק.פ.י / q.f.y in the Light of a Story from the Talmud Bavli
Part Three. Redaction
7. An Opposing School of Redaction in the Talmud Bavli Suggested
8. Objectives of Sugyot—A Study of the Redaction of the Talmud Bavli as Reflected in Three Sugyot of Tractate Eruvin
9. The Methodology Utilized in the Redaction of the Tripartite Structure of Sugyot from Tractate Eruvin in the Talmud Bavli
Part Four. Halakha
10. Land Surveying Tube in Early Judaism
11. Applying General Rules of Halakha in Halakhic Exegesis
12. R. Joḥanan’s Attitude towards His Principles of Halakhic Arbitration
Part Five. Appendix: Peace and Judaism
13. Revisiting Contemporary Judaism in Modern Israel
14. The Argumentation for Contemporary Peacemaking Efforts According to Jewish Tradition
15. The Concept of Peace in the Pentateuch
Selected Bibliography
Subject Index
Source Index
List of First Publication