TY - JOUR
T1 - The death of beruriah and its afterlife
T2 - A reevaluation of the provenance and significance of Ma'aseh de-Beruriah
AU - Simon-Shoshan, Moshe
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - This essay challenges previous scholarship regarding the provenance and meaning of the story of Beruriah's downfall and death first attested in Rashi's Talmud commentary. I argue that, contrary to the recent scholarly consensus, there is good reason to believe that Rashi drew on a much earlier tradition and that his account represents the only attested explanation for the Bavli's reference to ma'aseh de-Beruriah. I further present a new reading of the story, viewing it not as a polemic but as a complex narrative that exposes the rabbis' own anxieties regarding women and their place within halakhic discourse and practice.
AB - This essay challenges previous scholarship regarding the provenance and meaning of the story of Beruriah's downfall and death first attested in Rashi's Talmud commentary. I argue that, contrary to the recent scholarly consensus, there is good reason to believe that Rashi drew on a much earlier tradition and that his account represents the only attested explanation for the Bavli's reference to ma'aseh de-Beruriah. I further present a new reading of the story, viewing it not as a polemic but as a complex narrative that exposes the rabbis' own anxieties regarding women and their place within halakhic discourse and practice.
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U2 - 10.1353/jqr.2020.0014
DO - 10.1353/jqr.2020.0014
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SN - 0021-6682
VL - 110
SP - 383
EP - 411
JO - The Jewish Quarterly Review
JF - The Jewish Quarterly Review
IS - 3
ER -