Trial access to Index of References Dealing with Talmudic Literature

By Mary Fisk|February 18, 2016|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Religions|0 comments

SOAS has trial access to the Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research’s bibliographical database  Index of References Dealing with Talmudic Literature for four months until 17th June 2016 The Institute is part of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America The resource ” lists bibliographical references for passages in rabbinic literature and related subjects and connects them to the location within rabbinic literature to which they are related. The latest version makes use

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Two new resources for Jewish studies

By Mary Fisk|November 21, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Archival collections, History, Religions|0 comments

Ancient Jew Review (follow on Twitter at @ancientjew) is a web platform for the study of ancient Judaism containing “original pieces, surveys of the field, book reviews” and video content. It is edited by PhD students at Columbia and Yale Recent content includes Ayyssa Gray’s retrospective on her first book A Talmud in exile and a podcast interview with Dr Richard Kalmin of the Jewish Theological Seminary on his recently published

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