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

The articles in this volume Israel Knohl : The Linking of Holiness Concepts and the broadening of the Borders of Holiness in the Editorial Layer of the Pentateuch. Alexander Rofé : Divorce in the Hebrew Bible and the Meaning of Sefer Keritut. Ishay Rosen-Zvi : A Protocol of the Yavnean Academy? Rereading Tosefta Sanhedrin. Shlomo Toledano : The Talmudic Methodology of Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. Judith Weiss: The Two Zoharic Versions of the Legend of The Tanna and the Deadman. Iris Brown (Hoizman) : ‘The Violation of the Torah is Its True Fulfillment’;Ultra-Orthodox Ruling against the Halakhah for The Emendation of the Sinners – R. Hayim of Sanz as a Case Study.

Tarbiz is the only Hebrew academic journal that is devoted to the entire range of Jewish studies. Appearing quarterly, this journal is the principal forum for the expression of the most important developments in Jewish studies in our generation, and its contributors include the leading scholars in the various fields of Jewish studies in Israel and the world, as well as young scholars who are beginning to make their mark. Tarbiz was first published in 1930 at the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the editorial pen of Prof. Jacob Nachum Epstein z"l.

Biblical Beliefs reveals and describes the many faces and range of faiths and beliefs in biblical thought. Biblical Beliefs disagrees with the view of Yechezkel Kaufman in his monumental work "The History of Israeli Faith".

The focus of the book is the discussion of the concept of divinity and worship that is reflected in the priestly philosophy and law, and changes found in this concept. It signs off by displaying the changes that occurred in the world of priesthood as an attempt to cope with the socio-religious crisis which led to the disconnect between morality and worship. The book examines the relationship between activity of the priests to the vision of the classical prophets, led by Isaiah Ben- amotz . In this book Knohl proposes that the Priestly Source (P) dates from a much earlier period than it is usually dated to, and consequently that the Holiness Code (H) represents an addition to the law code of P, rather than the standard interpretation which is the reverse. Knohl suggests that H might have been inserted into P in order for the Temple priesthood to respond to the growing Prophetic movements.