Becoming the People of the Talmud Wins Book Award
Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures by Talya Fishman has won the National Jewish Book Council’s award for the best work of scholarship. Congratulations.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I’ve not read the book, but you can no longer trust any award given to a woman, and it’s been that way for a number of years. You simply can never be sure if the award is based on merit, or because of her gender.