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Reproductive issues in the Torah [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Fertility was the basis of primitive man’s economy. It is therefore not surprising to find that various facets of fertility and reproduction are mentioned and commented upon in connection to religious based texts from the period.
Savona-Ventura, Charles
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The Unanimous Verdict According to the Talmud: Ancient Law Providing Insight into Modern Legal Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Part I of this paper will provide background information regarding the current academic discussion surrounding the unanimous verdict. Part II will discuss the startling Talmudic passage on the unanimous verdict.
Glatt, Ephraim
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"Fire from Hell," or "You are the Salt of the Earth." On the Interpretation of Matthew 5:13

open access: yesVerbum Vitae
This essay is an attempt to explore different contexts of the phrase “you are the salt of the earth” found in Matt 5:13, one of the most confusing expressions used in the whole of the New Testament.
Dan Shapira
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New Characterizations of Old Bankruptcy Rules [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents axiomatic characterizations of two bankruptcy rules disscused in Jewish legal literature: the Constrained Equal Awards rule and the Contested Garment principle (the latter is defined only for two-creditor problems.) A major property ...
Nir Dagan
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A Note on Armenian hrmštk-el [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The hapax *framaštaq in the Babylonian Talmud is a loan from a Middle Iranian slang word for the penis; from its base comes the common Armenian verb hrmštkel, "to shove in", which is not attested in Classical texts and might have had an obscene ...
Russell, James R.
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