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Tevi: Amelia Bedelia avant la lettre

Rabban Gamaliel’s slave Tevi is pretty famous in rabbinic literature, not least because we know his name at all. While most of the characters peripheral to the rabbis remain only loosely sketched—Anyone know the name of Rav Sheshet’s wife? The oldest child of Shimon bar Yohai?—Tevi, by contrast, emerges in full resolution from the classical rabbinic sources.

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Stews, Soaps, Spells, and Salves

 

The following is an excerpt from the published introduction.

 

Have you just been bitten by a rabid dog? Do you have ripe dates in your palm tree and a chicken in your yard but need to impress your dinner guests? Is your hair falling out? Has your skin lost its youthful glow? Are demons threatening your business?

There is a recipe for that.

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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Fall 2023

JQR 113.4 is now available, online and in print. 

In this issue:

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