Land and Spirituality in Rabbinic Literature

Shana Strauch Schick, Ph.D. (2011), Yeshiva University, is a lecturer in Talmud at Shalem College in Jerusalem and a fellow at Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies. Her first book is Intention in Talmudic Jurisprudence: Between Thought and Deed (Brill, 2021).Contributors are Elisha Fine, Steven Fine, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Stuart S. Miller, Yael Wilfand, Nachman Levine, Shlomo Zuckier, Laura Lieber, Moshe Bernstein, Alyssa M. Gray, Barak Cohen, Meira Wolkenfeld, Shana Strauch Schick, Lawrence Schiffman, and Shai Secunda.

• PrefaceList of IllustrationsContributorsPart 1 Torat Erets Yisrael1 Rabbinic Paleontology: Jewish Encounters with Fossil Giants in Roman AntiquityElisha Fine and Steven Fine2 Tosefta Eduyot 1:1 On the Fear of Losing Torah and the Redaction of Tannaitic MaterialsMichal Bar-Asher Siegal3 Minhag and Popular Practice in Roman PalestineStuart Miller4 The Roman Freedman and the Ḥalal: The Legal Models That Shaped Rabbinic Law on the Status of Converts in MarriageYael Wilfand5 Shimon b. Shatah, the Donkey, and the Diamond: The Treasure and the Blessing, Law and ArtistryNachman Levine6 Whence Leprosy? An Inquiry into the Theodicies of the TannaimShlomo Zuckier7 Feasting, Fasting, and the Bounty of the Land: Rituals of Sukkot in Samaritan and Rabbinic AntiquityLaura Lieber8 Two Parallel Consolatory Poems for Tisha be’Av in Aramaic and HebrewMoshe BernsteinPart 2 Torat Erets Yisrael in Babylonia9 The Motif of the Forgetting and Restoration of Law: An Inter-Talmudic Difference about the Divine Role in Rabbinic LawAlyssa Gray10 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 TraditionsBarak Cohen11 Cultural Attitudes towards Scent in the Interpretation of Isaiah 11:3Meira Wolkenfeld12 “And God Blessed Them”: Procreation in Palestinian Halakhah and Babylonian AggadahShana Strauch SchickPart 3 Tributes to Yaakov Elman13 Remembering Yaakov Elman ז״לLawrence Schiffman14 Perpetual MotionShai Secunda15 Professor Yaakov Elman: A Talmud Scholar of Singular Depth and ScopeShana Strauch Schick16 A Tribute to Professor Yaakov ElmanMeira WolkenfeldList of Yaakov Elman’s PublicationsIndex