Michal Bar: 3 books
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity
Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Stories portraying heretics ('minim') in rabbinic literature are a central site of rabbinic engagement with the 'other'. These stories typically involve a conflict over the interpretation of a biblical verse in which the rabbinic figure emerges victorious in the face of a challenge presented by the...
by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and Babylonian Talmudic traditions. The importance of...
The Israeli Third Sector
Between Welfare State and Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book presents the economic, historical, legal and policy dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector in Israel with a focus on its contribution to the Welfare State and civil society. It then analyzes those findings in the context of major theoretical frameworks of the sector.