There are a number of additional posts about the upcoming Artscroll Talmud app. Rabbi Jason Miller gives some more info on the programming behind the app, and Shai Secunda writes about an opportunity that may be missed. One thing that did catch my eye was the “color-coding” option. This is described at 4:30-4:55 in the [...]
A reliable source of mine has written on Facebook that Artscroll has announced a digital edition of the Artscroll Talmud that will be available before the next Daf Yomi cycle begins in August. This has tremendous potential. Details to follow. Update: Thanks to the link by Steven in the comments below, you can see the [...]
Makor Rishon has a very good article that gives some background to the movie Footnote. See here for another “Rashi” on Footnote. Article on Footnote, Makor Rishon Feb. 23, 2012 For those who can’t read the Hebrew, here is a choice quote from Menahem Kahana about the Department of Talmud at Hebrew University. It’s true, [...]
At Yekum Tarbut (H), Adam Freidheim posted (H) a Rashi-like commentary on the movie Footnote. He addresses the characters of the movie, the real-life personalities behind these characters, and the schools of thought that influenced these personalities.
Tablet has an interview with Joseph Cedar, the director of Footnote. I especially liked this paragraph, it oozes with things that many scholars of Talmud love to argue about. Maybe Cedar should participate in the next Book Club at the Talmud Blog? Why did you set Footnote in the Talmud department of Hebrew University? The [...]
AIWAC has a nice interview with Shai Secunda of the Talmud Blog. AW: What does the field of “academic Talmud” encompass? ShSc: It depends on what you have in mind. I guess one of the broadest definitions, the one I like the most, is that academic Talmud encompasses all of the various disciplinary critical settings [...]
A friend on Facebook linked to a web site that has some Tosafot translated into English: Tosfos in English.
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.
Daf Yomi recently covered some discussion about urinating rabbis. I previously posted on the subject here, here, and here.
The New Jerusalem Talmud is an interesting attempt to merge both the multi-vocality and graphic of the Talmud with modern technology and issues.
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