My recent piece in Tablet on my work with Michael Sperling on the rabbinic network was just picked up by an Italian website. It also contains a short interview with me about the project. … [Continue reading] about The Rabbinic Network, in italiano
The Rabbinic Citation Network
Some months ago I wrote about my work with Michael Sperling analyzing and graphing the rabbinic citation network in the Babylonian Talmud (see here). Our full academic paper on this remains forthcoming (although all of our data and code is now … [Continue reading] about The Rabbinic Citation Network
Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine: Presentation
It's been quite a year and for many completely prosaic reasons I have not kept up this blog as I should have. This is not to say that I have not been busy (even if, at time, languishing under the conditions of the year), although not in the kinds of … [Continue reading] about Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine: Presentation
Ben Sira and Wine
I recently published a commentary on the book of Ben Sira in the Jewish Annotated Apocrypha. As a result of that, I was invited by Rabbi Drew Kaplan to appear on his podcast series, "Jewish Drinking." Before this appearance, I had never much … [Continue reading] about Ben Sira and Wine
Josephus’s Knowledge of Scripture
In my book, How the Bible Became Holy, I suggested that both Josephus and Paul should be seen in a similar light: Jews from Jerusalem who, like many in their class, were brought up with little knowledge of Hebrew or Scripture, and whose first real … [Continue reading] about Josephus’s Knowledge of Scripture