New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Summer 2024

JQR 114.3 is now available, online and in print. 

In this issue:

Elyashiv Cherlow brings new light to the provenance of a passage of the Jerusalem Talmud based on newly identified Cairo Geniza manuscript fragments.

Nili Gold excavates the poetic and personal meanings of the phrase “hayi shalom” in a love poem by Yehuda Amichai. This essay is FREE to read and download without a subscription through October 15, 2024.

Rachel B. Katz shows how Isaac Arama adapted the classical mnemonic device of a memory palace into Hebrew, marking a departure from earlier Jewish philosophical approaches.

Daniel Amir examines the post-WWII efforts of one Iranian Jewish periodical to translate literary works from Hebrew into Persian and thus serve as a political and cultural bridge during a period of change.

Adam Y. Stern stages an encounter between Michel Foucault and Franz Rosenzweig by juxtaposing their parallel observations on the continuity between history and war. This essay is FREE to read and download without a subscription through October 15, 2024.

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