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

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: Maya Shemuelli | An Existential View of Return and Alienation: Exegetic Examination of the Book of Ruth Ofer Elior | The Medieval Hebrew Translations of Euclid's Elements Judith Weiss | Dehiyya, Halifa, and Hibbur: Sefirotic Notions of Metempsychosis in Early Kabbalistic Literature and Some of their Reverberations Ayelet Walfish-Frankel | Angels, Demons, and Warlocks: The Myth of the Sons of God and Daughters of Men in the Zohar as an Etiology of Evil Neta Dan | "22 Letters of Cursing": Swearing and Insults in Uri Zvi Grinberg's Poetic Language

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: Yuval Fraenkel | Between Man and Place: The Holy Man and the Temple in Stories about Ḥoni Ha'meagel, and R. Ḥanina Ben Dosa Yosef Marcus | The Status of Persons with Physical Defects in Tannaitic Literature: A New Analysis Michael Avioz | "It is Known that the Stag Eats Snakes": Examining the Scientific Knowledge Drawn Upon by Medieval Jewish Interpretations of Psalms 42 Abraham David | Flavius Josephus's Writings in Sixteenth Century Jewish Historiography: The Case of Shalshelet h-Kabbalh of Gedalyah Ibn Yaḥya Chen Avizohar-Hagay and Yuval Harari | 'For a Woman in Hard Labor': A Compilation of Magic Recipes to Deal with Labor Difficulties

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"

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 volume: David (Dimitry) Kopeliovich | From Absence to Presence: Jeremiah's "wandering" between the Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles Itzhak Amar | Marriage and Birth in the Davidide Narrative of Chronicles (1Chr. 11-2 Chr.36): A Mere Component of Retribution? Brachi Elitzur | Messianic and Anti-Messianic Elements Reflected in Traditions about Hezekiah from the Second Temple, Mishnaic, and Talmudic Periods Naama Weiss | The Basic Structure of Kinship in the Book of Genesis and Rabbinic Midrash Adiel Kadari | The Halakha of Elijah: Heavenly Knowledge, Piety and Danger New Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies: Manuscripts and annotated Critical Editions Journals Anthologies, Jubilee and Memorial Book Monographs

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. Articles in this volume: ENGLISH SECTION World Union News ABSTRACTS HEBREW SECTION Essays Resulting from the Session “The Research Enterprise of the Late Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach on the One Hundredth Anniversary of his Birth” at the Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies (2013) Moshe David Herr E. E. Urbach: Opening Remarks Avraham Grossman E. E. Urbach’s Studies of Jewish Medieval Literature and Culture Jacob Elbaum E.E. Urbach: Scholar of Aggadah, Midrash and Rabbinic Thought Menahem Kister The Concepts and Beliefs of the Sages: Jewish and Christian Texts and Corpora—Constructions and Contexts: Reflections upon Urbach’s Oeuvre Moshe David Herr E. E. Urbach’s Work on the History of Halakhah, Jewish History, and Jewish Studies in General Moshe David Herr E. E. Urbach: Concluding Remarks Rivka Raviv On the Formation of The Image of Daniel in the Babylonian Talmud Tamar Kadari “Nights Have Come”: Rabbinic Exegesis on the Destruction and Subjugation by Foreign Kingdoms Eli Gurfinkel “Rabbi David Messer Leon and his Scathing Attack Upon Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel Ofer Elior Religion and Science among the Karaites of Istanbul, according to Keter kehunnah by Joseph Beghi Book Review Ruth Lamdan Review of: Abraham David, A Jewish Mediterranean Society in the Late Middle Ages, Jerusalem and New York, 2016 Abraham David Review of: Shmuel Glick, Seride Teshuvot of the Ottoman Empire Sages from the Cairo Genizah in the E. N. Adler Collection of the JTS Library, Vols.1-2, New York, Jerusalem and Ramat Gan, 2016 New Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies Manuscripts and Annotated Critical Editions Journals Anthologies, Jubilee and Memorial Book Monographs

“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. The journal 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 publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies. Articles in this volume: ENGLISH SECTION Michael Schneider - Seventy Names and Seventy Books: Fourth Ezra and Hekhalot Literature Don Karr - Notes on the Study of Merkabah Mysticism and Hekhalot Literature in English ABSTRACTS HEBREW SECTION Ithamar Gruenwald - Aftertoughts on the Study of the Merkavah Literature Shraga Bar-On - “The Lord of All” and “The Creator of the and Yakir Paz World”: Aleinu le-Shabeach as an Anti-Binitarian Prayer Israel Knohl - The Chariot, the Righteous Man and Satan: Towards Resolving the Puzzle of Sefer HaBahir Gideon Bohak - Neologisms in Hekhalot Literature Yaron Zini - The Different Layers of Hekhalot Literature: Results of Linguistic Research Tzahi Weiss - The God of Israel—a Prince before God: The Sources and the Meaning of an Early Medieval Jewish Mythical Tradition Joseph Dan - From Hekhalot Rabbati to the Hekhalot of the Zohar: The Depersonalization of the Mysticism of the Divine Chario Moshe Idel - The Heikhalot Literature, the Ecstatic-Mystical Model and their Metamorphose

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. The journal 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 publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies. The articles in the volume: Arkady Kovelman - Rabbi Meir as a Messiah (English) Hanan Mazeh - “He Who has said this did not say that": The Origin and Development of the Speaker - Splitting Technique in Rabbinic Midrash Shalom Sadik - Utilization of Maimonides’ Writings by Jewish Apostates in Medieval Spain Joseph Rapoport - Crime and Violence in the Jewish Communities in the Kingdom of Navarre before the Expulsion Dina Stein - A Wild Goat Chase: Models of Diaspora and Salvation Yossef Charvit - Hokhmat Israel in France in the Twentieth Century, through the Prism of R. Askénazi : Between Berlin and Jerusalem

“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. The journal 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 publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies. The articles in the volume: Cult as Literature in Second Temple Judaism (Papers from the 16 th World Congress of Jewish Studies) Anne Katrine Gudme – Dyed Yarns and Dolphin Skins: Temple Texts as Cultural Memory in the Hebrew Bible Line Sogaard Christensen – Cultural Evolution in the Hebrew Bible: Animal Sacrifices, Blood Sprinkling, Sacred Texts, and Public Readings Soren Holst – Provisional, Primordial, and Preexistent Temples in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts Martin Friis – "Aaron…The Most Deserving of Us": Josephus on the Priestly and High-Priestly Offices in the Jewish Antiquities book 3-4 ABSTRACTS HEBREW SECTION Efraim Sand – Traces of Byzantine Jewish Exegesis in Rashi's Commentary Eran Viezel – The Composition of the Bible in the Writings of R. David Kimhi Yaron Naim – Djerba's Rabbis: Orthodox Judaism in Islamic Territories? Yael Shemesh – Jewish Feminist Biblical Scholarship: Possible Directions Book Review Abraham David – Review: Guide to the Hebrew Manuscripts collections Benjamin Richler, Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections, Second edition, Jerusalem, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2014, 410 Pages Eliezer Schweid – Review Essay: Germans Against Germans? Moshe Zimmermann, Germans Against Germans: The Fate of the Jews 1938-1945, Am Oved, 251 pps., Moshe Zimmermann – Response to Eliezer Schweid New Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies Manuscripts and Annoted Critical Editions Journals Anthologies, Jubilee and Memorial Book Monographs

“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. The journal 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 publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies. The articles in the volume: Essays Resulting from the Session "Menahem Stern's Contributions to Research: Twenty Years after his Death" at the Fifteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies (2009) Daniel R. Schwartz - Menahem Stern as a Classical Philologist Albert l. Baumgarten – Menahem Stern as a Historian of the Jews in the Second Temple Period Isaiah Gafni – Menahem Stern as a Historian of the Mishnaic and Talmudic Periods Moshe David Herr – Menahem Stern as a Scholar of Jewish Studies and Litterae humaniores Yakir Englander and Orit Kamir – Body and Shame in the World of the Tannaaim and Amoraim Yechiel Tzeitkin – "The Straight Path which our Forefathers Followed": "Total" Interpretation of Biblical Narratives in Provencal Exegesis Ofer Elior – Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Muhlhausen Investigates the Sounds of the Spheres Shlomo Glicksberg and Shlomo Kassierer – The Halakhah and Meta-Halakhah Codification Debate: Rabbi Chaim ben Bezalel and the Maharal of Prague Margalit Shilo – "I Have Only Paradoxes to Offer" – The Case of Suffrage in the Jewish Community of Mandatory Palestine (1917-1926) New Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies Manuscripts and Annotated Critical Editions Journals Anthologies, Jubilee and Memorial Books Monographs