An exhibition just ended at Lambeth Palace Library in London that featured both a complete Bomberg Talmud and a Gutenberg Bible. Read here about the very interesting history of this copy of the Bomberg Talmud.
For a good summary in English of different opinions on the origins of Ketiv and Qere, see the article The Origins of Ketiv-Qere Readings by Michael Graves. In order to read the Hebrew, most people will have to download additional fonts. For those who have access to Leshoneinu, the last few issues have had a [...]
Targuman describes here what the Targum to Ruth does with Ruth 1:16-17.
The Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University has been working on bridging the worlds of scholarship and pedagogy. A few years ago they sponsored a conference (video here) devoted to the teaching of Rabbinic literature. Some fruits of their efforts can be found in these working papers, some of which have [...]
From the other day’s NY Times. With a goal of establishing a national Bible museum of great depth and size, the evangelical Christian family behind the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores has been spending heavily to amass a collection that has set dealers buzzing in the staid world of rare books. Specialists estimate the [...]
The bible scholar Jacob Milgrom z”l passed away on Saturday night in Jerusalem. Milgrom was one of the most important modern commentators and interpreters of the book of Leviticus. May his memory be for a blessing.
Two friends have recently published books and I wanted to call your attention to them. Job Y. Jiindo’s Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1-24 (Harvard Semitic Monographs) has just been published. Closer to our time, Rebecca Kobrin’s Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora is now on the shelf. Congratulations to [...]
Prof. Moshe Greenberg z”l, one of the most important Jewish scholars of Bible in our time, has passed away in Jerusalem. The funeral will take place on Sunday May 16 , 3 Sivan at Bet Hahesped at 5:00 PM. Shiva at Sokolov 18 until Tuesday afternoon May 18, 5 Sivan, Maariv: 8:00 PM
Zondervan has published the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Set: Old Testament. A review of it can be found here. A sample text can be found here. Below is a description. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure. [...]
There is a nice web site that has the entire Tanakh online. It offers a number of nice features, with or without vocalization, with or without cantellation, etc. It can be found here. (hat tip)
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