Binding Fragments of Tractate Temurah and the Problem of Lishana Aḥarina
Series: - The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, Volume: 58
Binding Fragments of Tractate Temurah and the Problem of Lishana ’Aḥarina offers a critical edition of an important Talmud manuscript of tractate Temurah discovered in the library of New York University. Addressing the unique
Lishana ’Aḥarina (“alternative version”) phenomenon present in this tractate, the present volume suggests a new approach for understanding the editing and transmission of tractate Temurah. This volume also includes a thorough discussion of the conservation and treatment of the manuscript fragments, a codicological and paleographical analysis of the fragments, and a synopsis of the entire first chapter of this tractate. The present work is relevant for study of the redaction and transmission of tractate Temurah and the Babylonian Talmud, as well as for the study of Hebrew binding fragments.
Matthew Goldstone, Ph.D. (2017), published in
Journal of Biblical Literature, Jewish Studies Quarterly, Novum Testamentum, and
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, and authored
The Dangerous Duty of Rebuke: Leviticus 19:17 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation (forthcoming).
Lawrence H. Schiffman is Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and director of the Global Network for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies at New York University. He has published numerous books on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Judaism in late antiquity.
Lawrence H. Schiffman is Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and director of the Global Network for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies at New York University. He has published numerous books on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Judaism in late antiquity.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Plates
Introduction
Lishana ’Aḥarina
Early Views on Lishana ’Aḥarina
Jacob Nachum Halevy Epstein
Eliezer Shimshon Rosenthal
Additional Discussions of Lishana ’Aḥarina
New Observations from a Reexamination of the Evidence
Towards a New Theory of Tractate Temurah
Lishana ’Aḥarina: The Evidence of Medieval Sources
Conclusions
The Conservation of Six Talmudic Manuscript Fragments from the Bindings of Three Early 17th Century Choral Books
Anne Hillam, Laura McCann, and Marvin J. Taylor
Figures 1–6
A Codicological and Paleographical Analysis of the Sabbateni Hebrew Binding Fragments — Bavli Temurah Chapter 1
Edna Engel
A Proposed Model of the Original Manuscript’s Layout
Codicological and Scribal Graphic Features
Scribal Graphic Features (Figure 17)
Script
Conclusions
Figures 7–25
Edition of the Manuscript with Critical Notes
Synopsis of the lishana ’aḥarina on Temurah 6a
Synopses of NYU Manuscript of BT Temurah, Chapter 1
Synopsis 1: Frag. 1 Recto, Col. 1 [Septimus Rear Board Front 007; Plates 1 & 2] Temurah 3b
Synopsis 2: Frag. 1 Recto, Col. 2 [Septimus Rear Board Front 007; Plates 1 & 2] Temurah 3b
Synopsis 3: Frag. 1 Verso, Col. 1 [Septimus Rear Board Reverse 008; Plates 3 & 4] Temurah 4a
Synopsis 4: Frag. 1 Verso, Col. 2 [Septimus Rear Board Reverse 008; Plates 3 & 4] Temurah 4b
Synopsis 5: Frag. 2 Verso, Col. 1 [Septimus Front Board Reverse 006; Plates 7 & 8] Temurah 5a
Synopsis 6: Frag. 2 Verso, Col. 2 [Septimus Front Board Reverse 006; Plates 7 & 8] Temurah 5a
Synopsis 7: Frag. 2 Recto, Col. 1 [Septimus Front Board Front 005; Plates 5 & 6] Temurah 5b
Synopsis 8: Frag. 2 Recto, Col. 2 [Septimus Front Board Front 005; Plates 5 & 6] Temurah 5b
Synopsis 9: Frag. 3 Recto, Col. 1 [Tenor Front Board Front 009; Plates 9, 10, & 25] Temurah 5b
Synopsis 10: Frag. 3 Recto, Col. 2 [Tenor Front Board Front 009; Plates 9 & 10] Temurah 6a
Synopsis 11: Frag. 3 Verso, Col. 1 [Tenor Front Board Reverse 010; Plates 11 & 12] Temurah 6b–6a
Synopsis 12: Frag. 3 Verso, Col. 2 [Tenor Front Board Reverse 010; Plates 11, 12, & 26] Temurah 6b
Synopsis 13: Frag. 4 Recto, Col. 1 [Tenor Rear Board Front 011; Plates 13 & 14] Temurah 9b
Synopsis 14: Frag. 5 Recto, Col. 1 [Cantus Rear Board Front 003; Plates 17 & 18] Temurah 9b
Synopsis 15: Frag. 4 Recto, Col. 2 [Tenor Rear Board Front 011; Plates 13 & 14] Temurah 9b–10a
Synopsis 16: Frag. 5 Recto, Col. 2 [Cantus Rear Board Front 003; Plates 17 & 18] Temurah 10a
Synopsis 17: Frag. 4 Verso, Col. 1 [Tenor Rear Board Reverse 012; Plates 15 & 16] Temurah 10a–10b
Synopsis 18: Frag. 5 Verso, Col. 1 [Cantus Rear Board Reverse 004; Plates 19 & 20] Temurah 10b
Synopsis 19: Frag. 4 Verso, Col. 2 [Tenor Rear Board Reverse 012; Plates 15 & 16] Temurah 10b
Synopsis 20: Frag. 5 Verso, Col. 2 [Cantus Rear Board Reverse 004; Plates 19 & 20] Temurah 10b
Synopsis 21: Frag. 6 Verso, Col. 1 [Cantus Front Board Reverse 002; Plates 23 & 24] Temurah 12b–13a
Synopsis 22: Frag. 6 Verso, Col. 2 [Cantus Front Board Reverse 002; Plates 23 & 24] Temurah 13a
Synopsis 23: Frag. 6 Recto, Col. 1 [Cantus Front Board Front 001; Plates 21 & 22] Temurah 13b
Synopsis 24: Frag. 6 Recto, Col. 2 [Cantus Front Board Front 001; Plates 21 & 22] Temurah 13b
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures and Plates
Introduction
Lishana ’Aḥarina
Early Views on Lishana ’Aḥarina
Jacob Nachum Halevy Epstein
Eliezer Shimshon Rosenthal
Additional Discussions of Lishana ’Aḥarina
New Observations from a Reexamination of the Evidence
Towards a New Theory of Tractate Temurah
Lishana ’Aḥarina: The Evidence of Medieval Sources
Conclusions
The Conservation of Six Talmudic Manuscript Fragments from the Bindings of Three Early 17th Century Choral Books
Anne Hillam, Laura McCann, and Marvin J. Taylor
Figures 1–6
A Codicological and Paleographical Analysis of the Sabbateni Hebrew Binding Fragments — Bavli Temurah Chapter 1
Edna Engel
A Proposed Model of the Original Manuscript’s Layout
Codicological and Scribal Graphic Features
Scribal Graphic Features (Figure 17)
Script
Conclusions
Figures 7–25
Edition of the Manuscript with Critical Notes
Synopsis of the lishana ’aḥarina on Temurah 6a
Synopses of NYU Manuscript of BT Temurah, Chapter 1
Synopsis 1: Frag. 1 Recto, Col. 1 [Septimus Rear Board Front 007; Plates 1 & 2] Temurah 3b
Synopsis 2: Frag. 1 Recto, Col. 2 [Septimus Rear Board Front 007; Plates 1 & 2] Temurah 3b
Synopsis 3: Frag. 1 Verso, Col. 1 [Septimus Rear Board Reverse 008; Plates 3 & 4] Temurah 4a
Synopsis 4: Frag. 1 Verso, Col. 2 [Septimus Rear Board Reverse 008; Plates 3 & 4] Temurah 4b
Synopsis 5: Frag. 2 Verso, Col. 1 [Septimus Front Board Reverse 006; Plates 7 & 8] Temurah 5a
Synopsis 6: Frag. 2 Verso, Col. 2 [Septimus Front Board Reverse 006; Plates 7 & 8] Temurah 5a
Synopsis 7: Frag. 2 Recto, Col. 1 [Septimus Front Board Front 005; Plates 5 & 6] Temurah 5b
Synopsis 8: Frag. 2 Recto, Col. 2 [Septimus Front Board Front 005; Plates 5 & 6] Temurah 5b
Synopsis 9: Frag. 3 Recto, Col. 1 [Tenor Front Board Front 009; Plates 9, 10, & 25] Temurah 5b
Synopsis 10: Frag. 3 Recto, Col. 2 [Tenor Front Board Front 009; Plates 9 & 10] Temurah 6a
Synopsis 11: Frag. 3 Verso, Col. 1 [Tenor Front Board Reverse 010; Plates 11 & 12] Temurah 6b–6a
Synopsis 12: Frag. 3 Verso, Col. 2 [Tenor Front Board Reverse 010; Plates 11, 12, & 26] Temurah 6b
Synopsis 13: Frag. 4 Recto, Col. 1 [Tenor Rear Board Front 011; Plates 13 & 14] Temurah 9b
Synopsis 14: Frag. 5 Recto, Col. 1 [Cantus Rear Board Front 003; Plates 17 & 18] Temurah 9b
Synopsis 15: Frag. 4 Recto, Col. 2 [Tenor Rear Board Front 011; Plates 13 & 14] Temurah 9b–10a
Synopsis 16: Frag. 5 Recto, Col. 2 [Cantus Rear Board Front 003; Plates 17 & 18] Temurah 10a
Synopsis 17: Frag. 4 Verso, Col. 1 [Tenor Rear Board Reverse 012; Plates 15 & 16] Temurah 10a–10b
Synopsis 18: Frag. 5 Verso, Col. 1 [Cantus Rear Board Reverse 004; Plates 19 & 20] Temurah 10b
Synopsis 19: Frag. 4 Verso, Col. 2 [Tenor Rear Board Reverse 012; Plates 15 & 16] Temurah 10b
Synopsis 20: Frag. 5 Verso, Col. 2 [Cantus Rear Board Reverse 004; Plates 19 & 20] Temurah 10b
Synopsis 21: Frag. 6 Verso, Col. 1 [Cantus Front Board Reverse 002; Plates 23 & 24] Temurah 12b–13a
Synopsis 22: Frag. 6 Verso, Col. 2 [Cantus Front Board Reverse 002; Plates 23 & 24] Temurah 13a
Synopsis 23: Frag. 6 Recto, Col. 1 [Cantus Front Board Front 001; Plates 21 & 22] Temurah 13b
Synopsis 24: Frag. 6 Recto, Col. 2 [Cantus Front Board Front 001; Plates 21 & 22] Temurah 13b
Bibliography
Index
This work is of interest to scholars of rabbinic literature, medieval codicology, manuscript production and transmission, and binding fragments of Hebrew manuscripts.