TY - JOUR
T1 - The Beruriah Incident:
T2 - Tradition of Exclusion as a Presence of Ethical Principles
AU - Drori, I.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The story known as the Beruriah Incident, which appears in Rashi's commentary on
bAvodah Zarah 18b (related to ATU types 920A* and 823A*), describes the failure and
tragic end of R. Meir and his wife Beruriah, two tannaic role-models. This article examines
the authenticity of the story by tracking the method of distribution in traditional
Jewish society before the modern era, and comparing the story's components with
rabbinic literature and international folklore.
AB - The story known as the Beruriah Incident, which appears in Rashi's commentary on
bAvodah Zarah 18b (related to ATU types 920A* and 823A*), describes the failure and
tragic end of R. Meir and his wife Beruriah, two tannaic role-models. This article examines
the authenticity of the story by tracking the method of distribution in traditional
Jewish society before the modern era, and comparing the story's components with
rabbinic literature and international folklore.
UR - https://scholar.google.co.il/scholar?q=The+Beruriah+Incident%3A+Tradition+of+Exclusion+as+a+Presence+of+Ethical+Principles&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
M3 - Article
SN - 1614-6492
VL - 20
SP - 99
EP - 116
JO - PaRDeS; Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien
JF - PaRDeS; Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien
ER -