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@jewish_studies. A short thread on the newest issue of the AJS Review. Here's what inside in terms of great lineup of articles. @AlyssaMGray1 1/10
@jewish_studies. A short thread on the newest issue of the AJS Review. Here's what inside in terms of great lineup of articles. @AlyssaMGray1 1/10
Aaron Amit's "Schismata and ʾAgudot: The Prohibition against Creating Factions in Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians and Rabbinic Literature" Link here: https://cup.org/3pP5DSX , more on Dr. Amit's work here: https://biu.academia.edu/AaronAmit 2/10
Continuing the Paul theme into the medieval period, Prof. Ram Ben-Shalom's "Paul in the Eyes of Profayt Duran: Constructing a Jewish Paul," https://cup.org/2HiB6eC More related work here: https://huji.academia.edu/RamBenShalom 3/10
Leaning further into the theme of medieval Jewish-Christian polemics, Dr. Sara Offenberg's "Beauty and the Beast: On a Doe, a Devilish Hunter, and Jewish-Christian Polemics" https://cup.org/35OACq8 Prof. Offenberg's other research outlined here: https://bgu.academia.edu/SaraOffenberg 4/10
Then we pivot into a different era of visual culture, yet stick with the deer theme, in Dr. Maya Balakirsky Katz's "Bambi Abroad, 1924–1954" https://cup.org/36V0wI3 For more on Jews & cartooning, see Prof. Balakirsky Katz's oeuvre here: https://biu.academia.edu/MayaBalakirskyKatz 5/10
Staying modern, Prof. Robert Erlewine revisits another iconic text in his "Resolving Contradictions: Samuel Hirsch and the Stakes of Modern Jewish Thought," https://cup.org/3kL2YFT More on Dr. Erlewine's work here: https://www.iwu.edu/religion/faculty/RobertErlewine.html 6/10
Maimonides also gets a fresh look in Dr. Marc Herman's "What Is the Subject of Principle 2 in Maimonides's Book of the Commandments? Towards a New Understanding of Maimonides's Approach to Extrascriptural Law" https://cup.org/3fmIMsT More bio here: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/people/marc-herman 7/10
For talmud fans, rabbinic law + ethics are also the subject of @DrSarahWolf's“Haven't I Told You Not to Take Yourself outside of the Law?”: Rabbi Yirmiyah and the Characterization of a Scholastic" https://cup.org/2KsVPha Prof. Wolf's other work here: http://www.jtsa.edu/sarah-wolf 8/10
Finally, yes, the Holocaust. Prof. Peter Morgan looks at Holocaust memory & abuse in Australia in "The Ethics of Narration in Helen Demidenko's The Hand That Signed the Paper, 1994 and 2017" https://cup.org/35NCGyt
His other work here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/1058 9/10
His other work here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/1058 9/10
All in all, a terrific set of fresh scholarship that were proud to present. Whole issue here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ajs-review/information and comes w/ membership in @jewish_studies.
Stay tuned for the book reviews. 10/10
Stay tuned for the book reviews. 10/10
