Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michal Bar-Asher Siegal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michal Bar-Asher |
| FAMILY NAME | Siegal |
| SIGNATURE | SIEGAL M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Talmudic-Christian Intertextuality
Article Talmudic-Christian Intertextuality: Primary Considerations was published on June 1, 2023 in the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (volume 27, issue 1)
Social History of the Jews in Antiquity
The present volume comprises articles by renowned international scholars in academic dialogue with the work of Albert Baumgarten. They contextualize ancient Jewish texts not only for their own sake, but also as a way of shedding light on antiquity in general. They address texts from the fields of Greco-Roman studies, Hellenistic Judaism, Second Temple sectarianism, rabbinic literature, and various facets of early Christianity. Additionally, there…
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity
Minim stories and Jewish-Christian Debates over Scripture
This paper reads the story about R. Gamliel and a min in BT Yevamot 102b against the backdrop of contemporaneous Christian writings. This reading can shed new light on the min-rabbi dialogue. The story implies rabbinic awareness of Christian uses of the topos of h ̇alitzah, which are based on a different halakhic formulation of the law. Only based on this knowledge does the position of the min in the Talmud make sense. This story is yet another s…
The Hebrew-Based Traditions in Galatians 4
Dieser Artikel schlägt vor, den Fokus für das Gesamtargument in Gal 4:21-31 auf Jes 54,1 zu legen. Der Gedankengang des Paulus wird offenbar klarer, wenn das Wort ב ו עלה aus Jesaja in seiner späthebräischen Bedeutung als »nicht jungfräulich« interpretiertwird statt in seiner gewöhnlichen biblischen Bedeutung als »die, die den Mann hat«, die sich auch in der Formulierung der Septuaginta (τῆς ἐχούσης τὸνἄνδρα) wiederfindet. Die vorgeschlagene Lesa…
Perceiving the other in ancient Judaism and early Christianity
The present volume reexamines both ancient Christian and Jewish portrayals of outsiders. In what ways, both positive and negative, do ancient writers interact with and relate to those outside of their ethnicity or religious tradition? This volume devotes itself to the methodological questions surrounding the use of diverse ancient sources for the construction of the other. The goal is to shed new light on ancient interactions between different re…
The Faces of Torah
Uncovering midrash
Two sets of biblical verses deal with the Hebrew slave’s refusal to be set free at the end of his servitude (Exodus 21:5–6; Deuteronomy 15:16–17). I examine a series of derashot from Mekhilta deRabbi Ishmael dealing with these two passages. I will claim that difficulties evident in this section stem from its derivative nature, and I will support this claim by showing that this passage is in fact using material from an earlier non-extant midrash o…
Matthew 5
The use of sources outside the New Testament, from the writings of Qumran to those of the rabbis, can help clarify the semantic and theological field in which Matthew 5:22 should be understood. This article claims that the correct interpretation of the Law stood at the center of arguments between different groups in the late Second Temple period and later; that the insults raka “empty” and mōre “fool” are connected to this polemical environment; …
Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud
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 monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, fostered a literary connection b…
Shared Worlds
In the place where penitents stand even the wholly righteous cannot stand.(R. Abahu) 1 I prefer a man who hath sinned and done wickedly and repented to the man who hath not sinned and hath not manifested repentance; for the former possesseth a humble mind and the latter esteemeth himself in his thoughts a just man. (Abba Poemen) 2
The Unintentional Killer
Mishnah Makkoth, or to be exact the last part of tractate Sanhedrin, is imbued with midrashic materials. As previously noted in scholarly research the Midrashic sources can be revealed through study of its parallels in the legal Midrashim. This paper will define the reciprocality between the second chapter of Mishnah Makot and Sifre Deuteronomy dealing with Deuteronomy verses on the unintentional killer. I will illustrate both overt midrashim quo…
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The Unintentional Killer
Mishnah Makkoth, or to be exact the last part of tractate Sanhedrin, is imbued with midrashic materials. As previously noted in scholarly research the Midrashic sources can be revealed through study of its parallels in the legal Midrashim. This paper will define the reciprocality between the second chapter of Mishnah Makot and Sifre Deuteronomy dealing with Deuteronomy verses on the unintentional killer. I will illustrate both overt midrashim quo…
Shared Worlds
In the place where penitents stand even the wholly righteous cannot stand.(R. Abahu) 1 I prefer a man who hath sinned and done wickedly and repented to the man who hath not sinned and hath not manifested repentance; for the former possesseth a humble mind and the latter esteemeth himself in his thoughts a just man. (Abba Poemen) 2
Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud
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 monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, fostered a literary connection b…
Perceiving the other in ancient Judaism and early Christianity
The present volume reexamines both ancient Christian and Jewish portrayals of outsiders. In what ways, both positive and negative, do ancient writers interact with and relate to those outside of their ethnicity or religious tradition? This volume devotes itself to the methodological questions surrounding the use of diverse ancient sources for the construction of the other. The goal is to shed new light on ancient interactions between different re…
The Faces of Torah
Uncovering midrash
Two sets of biblical verses deal with the Hebrew slave’s refusal to be set free at the end of his servitude (Exodus 21:5–6; Deuteronomy 15:16–17). I examine a series of derashot from Mekhilta deRabbi Ishmael dealing with these two passages. I will claim that difficulties evident in this section stem from its derivative nature, and I will support this claim by showing that this passage is in fact using material from an earlier non-extant midrash o…
Matthew 5
The use of sources outside the New Testament, from the writings of Qumran to those of the rabbis, can help clarify the semantic and theological field in which Matthew 5:22 should be understood. This article claims that the correct interpretation of the Law stood at the center of arguments between different groups in the late Second Temple period and later; that the insults raka “empty” and mōre “fool” are connected to this polemical environment; …
Minim stories and Jewish-Christian Debates over Scripture
This paper reads the story about R. Gamliel and a min in BT Yevamot 102b against the backdrop of contemporaneous Christian writings. This reading can shed new light on the min-rabbi dialogue. The story implies rabbinic awareness of Christian uses of the topos of h ̇alitzah, which are based on a different halakhic formulation of the law. Only based on this knowledge does the position of the min in the Talmud make sense. This story is yet another s…
The Hebrew-Based Traditions in Galatians 4
Dieser Artikel schlägt vor, den Fokus für das Gesamtargument in Gal 4:21-31 auf Jes 54,1 zu legen. Der Gedankengang des Paulus wird offenbar klarer, wenn das Wort ב ו עלה aus Jesaja in seiner späthebräischen Bedeutung als »nicht jungfräulich« interpretiertwird statt in seiner gewöhnlichen biblischen Bedeutung als »die, die den Mann hat«, die sich auch in der Formulierung der Septuaginta (τῆς ἐχούσης τὸνἄνδρα) wiederfindet. Die vorgeschlagene Lesa…
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity
Social History of the Jews in Antiquity
The present volume comprises articles by renowned international scholars in academic dialogue with the work of Albert Baumgarten. They contextualize ancient Jewish texts not only for their own sake, but also as a way of shedding light on antiquity in general. They address texts from the fields of Greco-Roman studies, Hellenistic Judaism, Second Temple sectarianism, rabbinic literature, and various facets of early Christianity. Additionally, there…
Talmudic-Christian Intertextuality
Article Talmudic-Christian Intertextuality: Primary Considerations was published on June 1, 2023 in the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (volume 27, issue 1)
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