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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 46-54, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
wiley   +1 more source

CHAPTER 5. Talmud for Non-Rabbis: Teaching Graduate Students in the Academy

open access: yesLearning to Read Talmud, 2019
There is an adage in Hebrew, ha-mevin yavin, “those who understand will understand.”1 In order to understand something, you will have had to have already understood it or something very close to it.
Gregg E Gardner
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The Journey of Oral Hygiene: The Past, the Present, the Future

open access: yesJournal of Periodontal Research, Volume 61, Issue 5, Page 425-451, May 2026.
This review traces the evolution of personal oral hygiene from ancient chewing sticks to modern powered toothbrushes and interdental devices, linking historical developments with contemporary evidence on efficacy, safety, and behavior. Despite technological advances, periodontal health relies on consistent biofilm removal, highlighting the need for ...
Fridus van der Weijden
wiley   +1 more source

Tractates Šabbat and ‘Eruvin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This volume of the Jerusalem Talmud publishes the first two tractates of the Second Order, Šabbat and ‘Eruvin. These tractates deal with discussion of all regulations regarding Shabbat, the weekly day of rest, including the activities prohibited on ...

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El estadio textual de las Extractiones de Talmud en el BnF ms. lat 16558 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter proposes a new reading of the text of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. lat. 16558, thus far the main reference for scholarly research on the Extractiones de Talmud.
Cruz Palma, Óscar Luis de la
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Tractates Bava Qamma, Bava Mesi'a, and Bava Batra [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The present volume is the eleventh in the series of the Jerusalem Talmud, the first in a three volume edition, translation, and commentary of the Fourth Order Neziqin.

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أحكام الجماع وفتاوى الجنس الشاذة في التلمود دراسة فقهية مقارنة [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة کلية الاداب جامعة حلوان
الملخص : نرصد في هذه الدراسة أحكام الجماع في التلمود والوقوف على نقاط الاتفاق والاختلاف بين تلك الأحكام ونظائرها في كتب الفقه الإسلامي. كما نتعرف على فتاوى الجنس الشاذة التي يتبناها المجتمع الحريدي والتي تمثل المادة الخصبة وراء توجيه العلمانيين في ...
علاء تيسير احمد مهدي تيسير احمد مهدي
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THE TALMUD RULE AND THE SECUREMENT OF AGENTS? AWARDS [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides a new characterization of the Talmud rule by means of a new property, called securement. This property says that any agent holding a feasible claim will get at least one nht of her claim, where n is the number of agents involved.
Juan de Dios Moreno Ternero   +1 more
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Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 113-133, February 2026.
This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
wiley   +1 more source

Uzdrowienie niewidomego – podwójny dowód boskości Jezusa Chrystusa

open access: yesWrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2016
In the paper, a Jewish perspective of the John’s story about healing the blind is presented. The range of Jewish documents and prayers connected with healing the blinds is discussed.
Mirosław Rucki
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