The Death of Beruriah and Its Afterlife: A Reevaluation of the Provenance and Significance of Ma'aseh de-Beruriah

This essay challenges previous scholarship regarding the provenance and meaning of the story of Beruriah's downfall and death first attested in Rashi's Talmud commentary. I argue that, contrary to the recent scholarly consensus, there is good reason to believe that Rashi drew on a much ear...

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Main Author: Simon-Shoshan, Moshe (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2020
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2020, Volume: 110, Issue: 3, Pages: 383-411
Further subjects:B gender and Judaism
B talmudic narrative
B Rashi
B Beruriah
B Gender Studies
B medieval Hebrew narrative
B Secundus the Silent
B Talmud
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