Gerald J Blidstein

Biographic Data

ID1423649
NAMEGerald J Blidstein
GIVEN NAMESGerald J
FAMILY NAMEBlidstein
SIGNATUREBLIDSTEIN G J
AFFILIATIONSBen-Gurion University of the Negev
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1967
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX1

  • Ontogenetic tissue modification in Malus fruit peduncles

    Open AccessGerald J Blidstein, Melanie Horbens et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Botany2014

    The experimental data revealed that sclereids originating from cortical parenchyma act as 'accessory' cells to enhance proportions of sclerenchyma during secondary growth in peduncles. The mechanism can be interpreted as an adaptation to continuously increasing fruit loads. Under oscillating longitudinal stresses, sclereids may be regarded as regulating elements between maintenance of stiffness and viscous damping, the latter property being attri…

  • Talmudic Ethics and Contemporary Problematics

    Gerald J BlidsteinARTICLEReview of Rabbinic Judaism2009

  • Prayer Rescue and Redemption in the Mekilta

    Gerald J Blidstein, Gerald BlidsteinARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism2008Cited by: 2

    It is generally acknowledged that activist Jewish opposition to Rome waned after the futile Bar Kokhba revolt. This judgement has been based on the historical record, in which such opposition is absent. In this paper I show that this shift in policy has left literary traces, particularly in the Tannaitic midrash, Mekilta. Such traces show the rabbis disparaging physical violence in their reading of the exodus from Egypt, and then urging prayer as…

  • The History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods

    Gerald J Blidstein, Jeffrey L RubensteinARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1999

    The History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods (1995), traces the meaning of Sukkot (Tabernacles) through its early textual history and in the process shows how later thinkers reinterpreted many of the holidays symbols in the context of their changing times

  • "Weiler, "Jewish Theocracy

    Gerald J Blidstein, Gershon WeilerARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1992

  • "Roth's "The Halakhic Process

    Gerald J Blidstein, Joel Roth et al.ARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1988

  • The Monarchic Imperative in Rabbinic Perspective

    Open AccessGerald J BlidsteinARTICLEAJS Review The Journal of the…1982Cited by: 1References: 1

    Recent decades have seen a flowering of research into the political tradition and culture of the Jewish people. It seems appropriate, therefore, to undertake an investigation of key rabbinic discussions of a central biblical and historical institution: the monarchy. This study opens with a close reading of the sources and attempts to understand them in their conceptual and literary contexts, moves on to a consideration of possible historical cont…

  • Who is not a Jew?–The Medieval Discussion

    Open AccessGerald J BlidsteinARTICLEIsrael Law Review1976

    While contemporary Jews debate “Who is a Jew?”, medievals found the question “Who is not a Jew?” much more relevant. Halakhic standards were clear enough on entrance to the community: birth or conversion decided the matter, and the latter provided no more problems than did the average halakhic norm. The institution of conversion was not quite as old as that of birth, but it too had a respectable history of Talmudic discussion and stable internati…

  • R. Yohanan, Idolatry, and Public Privilege

    Gerald J BlidsteinARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism1974Cited by: 1

  • Judaica

    Gerald J BlidsteinARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1974

    JUDAICA Get access Development of a Legend: Studies on the Traditions Concerning Yohanan Ben Zakkai. By JACOB NEUSNER. Leiden: E J Brill, 1970. 316+xvii pp. 60 guilders hb. GERALD J BLIDSTEIN GERALD J BLIDSTEIN McGill University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLII, Issue 3, September 1974, Pages 564–565, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLII.3.564 Publishe…

  • Method in the Study of Talmud

    Gerald J BlidsteinARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1971

    Journal Article Method in the Study of Talmud Get access GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN DR. GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at McGill University. This essay was read as a paper at a Colloquium of the Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, March 7, 1971. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2, June …

  • The Sale of Animals to Gentiles in Talmudic Law

    Gerald J BlidsteinARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1971Cited by: 1

  • A History of the Jews in Babylonia; I. The Parthian Period

    Gerald J Blidstein, Jacob NeusnerARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1967