Fine Steven, Koller Aaron. Talmuda De-eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine

Walter de Gruyter, 2014. — 367 p.
This book brings together historians, literature scholars, and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and material culture increases our understanding of the complex nature of rabbinic culture. Steering away from 20th-century trends stressing disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, this book seeks a more holistic approach, demonstrating the value of archaeology in contextualizing these texts.Steven Fine and Aaron KollerShawn Zelig Aster
Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the Relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew
Jonathan S. Milgram
Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5 – The Transformation of the Firstborn Son from Family Leader to Family Member
Noa Yuval-Hacham
Mishnah Avodah Zarah 4:5 – The Faces of Effacement: Between Textual and Artistic Evidence
Joshua Weistuch and Ben Zion Rosenfeld
Tosefta Ma‘aser Sheni 1:4 – The Rabbis and Roman Civic Coinage in Late Antique Palestine
Yonatan Adler
Tosefta Shabbat 1:14 – “Come and See the Extent to Which Purity Had Spread”
An Archaeological Perspective on the Historical Background to a Late Tannaitic Passage
Uzi Leibner
An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayeḥi Beshalaḥ, 1 – Rabbis and the Jewish Community Revisited
Lawrence H. Schiffman
Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1 (71b–72a) – “Of the Making of Books”:
Rabbinic Scribal Arts in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Alexei Sivertsev
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c) – The Demise of King Solomon and Roman Imperial Propaganda in Late AntiquityBurton L. Visotzky
Genesis Rabbah 1:1 – Mosaic Torah as the Blueprint of the Universe – Insights from the Roman World
R. Steven Notley
Genesis Rabbah 98:17 – “And Why Is It Called Gennosar?” Recent Discoveries at Magdala and Jewish Life on the Plain of Gennosar in the Early
Roman Period.
Galit Hasan-Rokem
Leviticus Rabbah 16:1 – “Odysseus and the Sirens” in the Beit Leontis Mosaic from Beit She’an
Steven Fine
Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 51b – Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity
Sacha Stern
Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 16a – Jews and Pagan Cults in ThirdCentury Sepphoris
Steven D. Fraade
The Rehov Inscriptions and Rabbinic Literature – Matters of Language
Stuart S. Miller
“This Is the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Qappar” (Dabbura Inscription) – Were Epigraphical Rabbis Real Sages, or Nothing More Than
Donors and Honored Deceased?
Laura S. Lieber
The Piyyutim le-Hatan of Qallir and Amittai – Jewish Marriage Customs in Early ByzantiumEric Meyers
The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials:
An Archaeological PerspectiveDaniel Sperber
The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: A Talmudic Perspective