Jewish Studies 55

Jewish Studies is published annually by the World Union of Jewish Studies (WUJS) and provides an outlet for the publication of articles, studies, documents and various other contents in Jewish studies. The journal publishes articles in Hebrew and in English, which undergo a review process. It focuses on studies of a methodological-programmatic nature and reviews various areas of Jewish studies. The journal was first published in 1971 under the title 'Newsletter of the World Union of Jewish Studies'. Since 1996 it is published in its current form as Jewish Studies - Journal of the World Union of Jewish Studies. In addition to articles, the journal features a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies.

Few articles in this issue:

Michael Schneider | The Liturgical Roots of the Kabbalistic Concept of "Unification"

Eliyahu Rosenfeld | "One Must Speak with Silence": The Function of Silence in Virginity Claim Stories from the Babylonian Talmud

Richard Hidary | The Talmud as Rhetorical Exercise: Progymnasmata and Controversiae in Rabbinic Literature

Eli Gurfinkel | The Order and Structure of the List of the Maimonidean Principles: Between Form and Meaning

Hagay Shtamler | "The Course of Ideas in Israel" as a Response to Wissenschaft des Judentums"