The Book of Ben Sira was written in Hebrew by a Jewish scribe around 180 BCE. Jews (well, the Jews who could read) read and ascribed authority to it until the early Middle Ages. The Cairo Geniza contains several manuscript copies. And then it kind … [Continue reading] about Sirach vs. Ben Sira
Jewish Studies by the Numbers
With Alex Berry, I have launched a new web project that analyzes journals in Jewish studies. You can view the site here, where you can see many different ways of visualizing and interacting with the data. What does it all mean? You tell us! … [Continue reading] about Jewish Studies by the Numbers
The Rabbinic Citation Network
In a previous post, I shared some work that Mike Sperling and I were doing to visualize and analyze the rabbinic citation network in the Babylonian Talmud, that is, who cited whom. I am very pleased to announce that we have just released our … [Continue reading] about The Rabbinic Citation Network
Expected Job Opening: Project Manager for “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine”
Please note - and this is important - that the following position announcement is tentative and pending both funding and final institutional approval. If you are interested in the position, please contact Professor Michael Satlow at … [Continue reading] about Expected Job Opening: Project Manager for “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine”
Digital Humanities: Some Updates
Over the last few years, attempting to ease myself into the field of "digital humanities," I have attended a few related conferences. The largest was DH2019 in Utrecht, which I frankly found inspiring. The conference kicked off for me a year that I … [Continue reading] about Digital Humanities: Some Updates