This book deals with the identification and description of the interior furniture appearing in the Mishnah (Tables, Chairs, Beds and Cabinets.). This work offers many new identifications compatible with both the textual and archaeological sources. Photogr

In this book the author has compiled the halakhic midrashim of the Amoraim in the Palestinian Talmud. The midrashim are arranged in order according to the biblical text, and their wording is determined by existing manuscripts and parallels found in the tw

The book deals with stories about the Yavneh sages on two subjects: visiting the sick and consoling mourners. Their analysis fully displays their artistic, esthetic and ideological splendor. The stories examine, through human suffering, the theological qu

This collection includes a selection of some of the articles that Prof. Moshe Beer published in his lifetime. His research deals with the history of the Jewish people in the periods of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud in Eretz Israel and Baby

The book deals with the halakhic and exegetical meanings underlying the halakhic Midrashim and shows how they enhance the understanding of the plain meaning of the Mishna. It also traces the development of halakhic concepts and their changes in Amoraic Li

The author has compiled the halakhic midrashim of the Tannaim in the Palestinian Talmud, determining the texts' wording according to existing manuscripts and parallels found in the two Talmudim and the midrashim, and according to versions known to the

The most comprehensive discussion to date on economic life in Jewish Babylonia during this period (100-500 C.E.).