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. In this issue: Brachi Elitzur | "They Rejected the Desirable Land": The Sin of the Spies and its Refraining in Rabbinic Literature Jonathan Grossman and Jonathan Jacobs | Ambiguity on the Level of the Plain Sense in Rashi's Commentaries on the Bible Dov Schwartz | Between Spain and Provence: Critical and Cultural Exploration of Rabbi Prof. B.Z. Bededict's Oeuvre Michal Aziza Ohana | A Modern Rabbinical Autobiography by R. Yeshuah Shimon Hayyim Ovadiah of Sefrou

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. In this issue: Haggai Mazuz | Midrashic Allusions in al-Bīrūnī's Writings Omer Michaelis | Psalms and 'Ilm al-Bāṭin in Baḥya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Hearts Biti Roi and Uziel Fuchs | The Use of the Introduction to the Talmud Attributed to R. Shmuel haNagid in Tiqqunei ha-Zohar Literature Amihai Radzyner | The Ring and the Lulav: The Religious Kibbutz and the Halakhic Requirements for Private Property

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. Among the articles in this issue: Noam Mizrahi | THE INTERPRETIVE TRANSMISSION OF ISAIAH AS WITNESSED BY 4QISAG (4Q61) Yael Escojido and Emmanuel Friedheim | THE LIBERATION OF JEWISH SLAVES IN THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS AS AN EXPRESSION OF FEAR OF ASSIMILATION: A STUDY OF THE ASSIMILATION PROCESS AFFECTING JEWISH SLAVES IN THE HELLENISTIC DIASPORA Gilad Sasson | “IN THE SANCTUARY, O LORD, WHICH THY HANDS HAVE ESTABLISHED”: THE HOMILY OF MEKHILTA OF R. ISHMAEL AND ITS PARALLELS IN AVOT DE-RABBI NATAN AND IN BAVLI KETUBBOT Hananel Mack | BECAUSE OF WHOM DO THE RAINS FALL? ALTERNATING CREDITS IN RAIN STORIES OF THE AGGADAH LITERATURE