Yuval Blankovsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029450 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuval Blankovsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuval |
| FAMILY NAME | Blankovsky |
| SIGNATURE | BLANKOVSKY Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reading Talmudic Sources as Arguments
By discussing a short sugya, this paper demonstrates how to read the components of a typical Talmudic discussion – Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi and Bavli – as arguments. In contrast to widely used academic approaches, I show that it is possible to ascribe disagreement to parallel sources without passing judgment either on their chronological order or on whether one of the sources is a direct response to the other. The appendix offers a new theore…
A Silent Revolution
This paper, following a short methodological introduction, presents an analysis of the first sugya of tractate Baba Kama, a well-known talmudic passage about the four fathers of damages—four categories of torts, and their offspring (derivative torts). The examination of this talmudic passage by previous scholars has resulted in the undisputed estimation that explicating the amoraic statement of R. Papa (4th c. C.E.) is its central goal. I suggest…
The Function of Tradition in Talmudic Culture
This article, following a short methodological introduction, presents an analysis of the Talmudic discussion about the decapitation penalty. This short Talmudic passage has been commented upon by many prominent scholars. However, this article suggests a different reading, one based upon posing an additional interpretive question: “what is the author doing in composing the passage in this particular way?” The valuable insights of past scholars are…
Rabbinic Inquiry (Hakirah) as the Place Rabbinic and Academic Talmudic Discourse Meet
This paper explores the common ground and differences between academic and rabbinic Talmudic hermeneutics. It does this by situating R. Elhanan Bunem Wasserman’s (1874–1941) inquiry pertaining to the much beloved Talmudic debate over “Two Hold a Cloak” within the context of the critical academic commentary on that Talmudic discourse
R. Hayyim Soloveitchik and Academic Talmudic Hermeneutics
This article offers a detailed description of R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s commentary on the Talmudic discussions about the requirement for proper intention when making Jewish ritual objects, i.e., Sefer Torah, Mezuzah, etc., and a comparison to the academic commentary on that issue. It describes the relationship between the two genres of commentary, academic and rabbinic, and illustrates the differences and similarities between the commentaries of t…
A Transgression for the Sake of God— ‘Averah Li-shmah
The Babylonian Talmud (BT) attributes the idea of committing a transgression for the sake of God to R. Naḥman b. Isaac (RNBI). RNBI's statement appears in two parallel sugyot in the BT (Nazir 23a; Horayot 10a). Each sugya has four textual witnesses. By comparing these textual witnesses, this paper will attempt to reconstruct the sugya's earlier (or, what some might term, original) dialectical form, from which the two familiar versions of the text…
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A Transgression for the Sake of God— ‘Averah Li-shmah
The Babylonian Talmud (BT) attributes the idea of committing a transgression for the sake of God to R. Naḥman b. Isaac (RNBI). RNBI's statement appears in two parallel sugyot in the BT (Nazir 23a; Horayot 10a). Each sugya has four textual witnesses. By comparing these textual witnesses, this paper will attempt to reconstruct the sugya's earlier (or, what some might term, original) dialectical form, from which the two familiar versions of the text…
R. Hayyim Soloveitchik and Academic Talmudic Hermeneutics
This article offers a detailed description of R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s commentary on the Talmudic discussions about the requirement for proper intention when making Jewish ritual objects, i.e., Sefer Torah, Mezuzah, etc., and a comparison to the academic commentary on that issue. It describes the relationship between the two genres of commentary, academic and rabbinic, and illustrates the differences and similarities between the commentaries of t…
Rabbinic Inquiry (Hakirah) as the Place Rabbinic and Academic Talmudic Discourse Meet
This paper explores the common ground and differences between academic and rabbinic Talmudic hermeneutics. It does this by situating R. Elhanan Bunem Wasserman’s (1874–1941) inquiry pertaining to the much beloved Talmudic debate over “Two Hold a Cloak” within the context of the critical academic commentary on that Talmudic discourse
A Silent Revolution
This paper, following a short methodological introduction, presents an analysis of the first sugya of tractate Baba Kama, a well-known talmudic passage about the four fathers of damages—four categories of torts, and their offspring (derivative torts). The examination of this talmudic passage by previous scholars has resulted in the undisputed estimation that explicating the amoraic statement of R. Papa (4th c. C.E.) is its central goal. I suggest…
The Function of Tradition in Talmudic Culture
This article, following a short methodological introduction, presents an analysis of the Talmudic discussion about the decapitation penalty. This short Talmudic passage has been commented upon by many prominent scholars. However, this article suggests a different reading, one based upon posing an additional interpretive question: “what is the author doing in composing the passage in this particular way?” The valuable insights of past scholars are…
Reading Talmudic Sources as Arguments
By discussing a short sugya, this paper demonstrates how to read the components of a typical Talmudic discussion – Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi and Bavli – as arguments. In contrast to widely used academic approaches, I show that it is possible to ascribe disagreement to parallel sources without passing judgment either on their chronological order or on whether one of the sources is a direct response to the other. The appendix offers a new theore…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · History (5 works) · Judaism (5 works) · Jewish studies (4 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Art (3 works)