Index of Talmud Posts, by Tractate
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Table of Contents
Berakhot
ברכות פרק א ("מאימתי")
The Daily Moment of Divine Anger: Timing, Restraint, and Repentance (Berakhot 7a)
Talmudic Theodicy: Moses’ Requests, Divine Responses, and the Mystery of Divine Justice (Berakhot 7a-b)
Hezekiah’s Illness and Isaiah’s Visit in Isaiah 38: A Clash of Piety and Prophecy (Berakhot 10a-b)
ברכות פרק ב ("היה קורא")
Prayer, Poetry, and Ethics: A Journey Through Seventeen Talmudic Prayers and Ethical Teachings (Berakhot 16b-17a)
ברכות פרק ג ("מי שמתו")
Between Heaven and Earth: The Tale of Shmuel and the Orphans’ Money (Berakhot 18b)
ברכות פרק ד ("תפילת השחר")
Power, Pedagogy, and Internal Rabbinic Politics: The Deposition of Rabban Gamliel, the Appointment of R' Elazar ben Azarya, and Eventual Reconciliation (Berakhot 27b-28a)
ברכות פרק ה ("אין עומדין")
ברכות פרק ו ("כיצד מברכין")
Abundance in Ancient Israel: Talmudic Accounts of Extraordinary Fruits and Families (Berakhot 44a)
ברכות פרק ז ("שלשה שאכלו")
[Appendix 1: Definitions of Am Ha’aretz; Rami bar Ḥama’s Assessment of Rav Menashya bar Taḥlifa as an Am Ha’aretz and Its Deadly Consequences (Berakhot 47b)]
[10 to 11 Things Said About the Cup of Blessing (Berakhot 51a)]
ברכות פרק ט ("הרואה")
[10 to 11 Things That Cause Hemorrhoids (Berakhot 55a)]
Rituals for Favorable Dream Manifestation and Protection from the Evil Eye (Berakhot 55b)
Selected Dream Interpretations, Especially Those Relating to Illicit Sex (Berakhot 56a-57b)
Sensory Delights and Echoes of the Divine: The Talmud on Pleasures, Omens, Health and Microcosms (Berakhot 57b)
[10 to 12 Things That Trigger a More Severe Relapse in a Recovering Patient (Berakhot 57b)]
From Babylon’s Ruins to Jewish Multitudes: Talmudic Blessings for Idolatry, Crowds, and Leadership (Berakhot 57b-58a)
Earthly and Divine Majesty: Encounters with Kings, Justice, and the Reflection of Heaven on Earth (Berakhot 58a)
Celestial Phenomena: Comets and Constellations in the Talmud (Mishnah Berakhot 9:2; Berakhot 58b-59a)
[Appendix 1 - Organ Functions: A List of Thirteen Organs and Their Functions (Berakhot 61a-b)]
Demons, Direction, and Decorum: A Talmudic Approach to Hygiene and Outhouse Use (Berakhot 61b-62b)
The Four Sermons of the Mid-Second Century Sages in Yavne: On Hospitality (Xenia) and the Honor of Torah Sages (Berakhot 63b)
[Appendix 3: Patience and Destiny in Leadership: Rabba and Rav Yosef (Berakhot 64a)]
Shabbat
שבת פרק א ("יציאות השבת")
שבת פרק ב ("במה מדליקין")
The Biblical Books Nearly Suppressed: Reconciling Contradictions in Ecclesiastes and Proverbs (Shabbat 30b)
Hillel’s Three Converts: Lessons in Patience, the Oral Torah, and the Golden Rule (Shabbat 31a)
‘Due to Sin [X], Occurs [Y]’: Divine Justice and Human Responsibility for Suffering and Death (Shabbat 32b-33a)
Bodily Afflictions and Illnesses as Signs of Sin: Wounds, Edema (Hidrokan), and Diphtheria (Askara) (Shabbat 33a-b)
R’ Shimon’s Flight from the Romans, Hiding, and Return: A Story of Persecution, Miracles, and Retribution (Shabbat 33b-34a)
שבת פרק ה ("במה בהמה")
Divine Symbols and Historical Shifts: The Significance of the ‘Tav’ Mark in Ezekiel and the Precise Moment of the Patriarchs' Merit's End (Shabbat 55a)
‘Whoever says that [X] sinned is mistaken’: Reinterpretations of Sins In Defense of the Biblical Righteous (Shabbat 55b-56a)
[Appendix - Solomon and Josiah Didn’t Sin (Shabbat 56b)]
[Appendix - Shmuel’s father’s strict practices for his daughters (Shabbat 65a)]
שבת פרק ח ("המוציא יין")
שבת פרק ט ("[אמר] רבי עקיבא")
Conditionality of Creation, Crowns, and Commitment: the Cosmic Significance of the Giving of the Torah and the Revelation at Sinai (Shabbat 88a-89a)
שבת פרק יב ("הבונה")
“The likes of which were not said even in the days of Yehoshua bin Nun”: Talmudic Homiletics on the Hebrew Alphabet (Shabbat 104a)
שבת פרק יד ("שמונה שרצים")
A Sugya of Talmudic Medicine, with Historical, Linguistic, and Botanical Notes (Shabbat 108b-109a)
Dealing with Dangerous Snakes: Swallowing, Bites, Pursuits, and Attacks (Shabbat 109b-110a)
שבת פרק טז ("כל כתבי")
A Talmudic Story Mocking a Corrupt Christian Philosopher (Shabbat 116a-b)
To Kill or Not to Kill: Scorpions, Snakes, and Other Dangerous Creatures on Shabbat (Shabbat 121b)
שבת פרק יט ("רבי אליעזר דמילה")
[Exceptions from circumcision on Shabbat (Shabbat 134b-135a)]
שבת פרק כ ("תולין")
שבת פרק כג ("שואל")
Snowy Mountains and Three Legs: Aphorisms and Metaphorical Portraits of Aging in the Talmud (Shabbat 152a)
שבת פרק כד ("מי שהחשיך")
Astrological Destinies in the Talmud: Influence of Birth Timings on Character (Shabbat 156a)
Eruvin
עירובין פרק א ("מבוי שהוא גבוה")
[The iron sulfate (Kankantom) Controversy: R’ Meir Between R’ Akiva and R’ Yishmael (Eruvin 13a)]
עירובין פרק ב ("עושין פסין")
[Appendix 2 - The Dynamics of Sinners and Divine Punishment (Eruvin 19a)]
עירובין פרק ד ("מי שהוציאוהו")
עירובין פרק ה ("כיצד מעברין")
Clever Speech: Seven Talmudic Riddles, Rebuses, and Bilingual Wordplays (Eruvin 53b)
Wisdom from the Margins: Clever Women and Children in Talmudic Tales (Eruvin 53b)
עירובין פרק ו ("הדר")
Bread, Vows, Witchcraft, and Intoxication: Insights from Rabban Gamliel's Journeys (Eruvin 64b-65a)
Pesachim
פסחים פרק א ("אור לארבעה עשר")
Searching for Leaven with Lamps: Symbolism and Function in Bedikat Ḥametz (Pesachim 7b-8a)
פסחים פרק ב ("כל שעה")
‘Leḥem Oni’ vs. Luxury: ‘The Bread of Affliction’ and the Halakhic Boundaries of Passover Matza (Pesachim 35b-37b)
פסחים פרק ג ("(ו)אלו עוברין")
Rabbinic Elitism and the Am Ha’aretz: Hierarchy, Hostility, Hatred, and Distrust (Pesachim 49b)
פסחים פרק ד ("מקום שנהגו")
[List of 7 Types of Info Withheld From Human Awareness (Pesachim 54b)]
[3 to 4 Things That Entered God's Mind to Create (Pesachim 54b)]
פסחים פרק ה ("תמיד נשחט")
“Teach me the Book of Genealogies”: Anecdote of R' Simlai and R' Yoḥanan (Pesachim 62b)
פסחים פרק ח ("האשה")
[Two Fundamental Debates in Astronomy between Jewish and non-Jewish Scholars (Pesachim 94b)]
פסחים פרק י ("ערבי פסחים")
[Appendix 2 - Debates on Eating and Appetite on Passover Eve (Pesachim 107b-108a)]
Perilous Pairs: More on the Dangers of Pairs, Demons, and Witchcraft (Pesachim 110a-b)
Pairs, Planks, and Potions: Three Talmudic Tales of Witchcraft (Pesachim 110b and Sanhedrin 67b)
Demon-Infested Shadows: Sorb Trees, Amulets, and Exorcism (Pesachim 111b)
Rabbinic Advice: Practical Guidance from the Talmud (Pesachim 112a-114a)
Expressions of praise in the Book of Psalms and the Origin of the Hallel Prayer (Pesachim 117a)
Rosh Hashanah
ראש השנה פרק א ("ארבעה ראשי שנים")
[Divergent chronological systems in Jewish and Non-Jewish traditions (Rosh Hashanah 12a)]
[Appendix - The Divine Books that Record Human Righteous and Sinful Activity (Rosh Hashanah 16b)]
ראש השנה פרק ב ("אם אינן מכירין")
ראש השנה פרק ג ("ראוהו בית דין")
A Sequence of Eleven Stories of Talmudic Rabbis as Empirical Linguists (Rosh Hashanah 26a-b)
Yoma
יומא פרק א ("שבעת ימים")
Tremendously Loud Sounds: Gabini's Cries, the Sun's Orbit, Rome's Crowds, and More (Yoma 20b-21a)
יומא פרק ג ("אמר להם הממונה")
[Appendix 2 - ‘Yeshiva’ (formal Torah study) always existed - A List of 6 major periods and personalities from the Pentateuch (Yoma 28b): the Biblical Patriarchs, and in Egypt and in the Wilderness]
Guardians of Temple Incense: The Eutinas Clan and Their Secret Craft (Yoma 38a)
יומא פרק ד ("טרף בקלפי")
Prophecy, Omens, and Miracles: Shimon HaTzaddik and the Foreshadowing of the Second Temple's Destruction (Yoma 39a-b)
יומא פרק ה ("הוציאו לו")
[Appendix 3 - The Concealing of the Ark and Other Temple Items (Yoma 52b)]
יומא פרק ז ("בא לו (כהן גדול)")
יומא פרק ח ("יום הכיפורים")
Bread in the Basket, Eyes on the Plate: Talmudic Psychology (Yoma 74b-75a)
Heavenly Politics: Gabriel, Dubiel, and the Persian Tax Regime (Yoma 77a)
The Purse, the Grave, and the Lentil: A Dramatic Talmudic Tale of Trust and Treachery (Yoma 83b)
Sukkah
סוכה פרק ב ("הישן תחת המטה")
[Appendix 2 - Cosmic Consequences of Social Injustice and Arrogance (Sukkah 29a-b)]
סוכה פרק ד ("לולב וערבה")
סוכה פרק ה ("החליל")
Juggling, Acrobatics, and a Rigorous Schedule: Talmudic Stories from the Temple's Simchat Beit HaShoeivah (Sukkah 53a)
King David, the Altar Drainpipes, and the Tehom: The Dramatic Tale of How He Nearly Unleashed a Global Flood but Successfully Averted It (Sukkah 49a; 53a-b)
Beitzah
ביצה פרק ג ("אין צדין")
Sages on Sedans: Anecdotes of Talmudic Personalities Being Carried on Litters (Beitzah 25b)
Taanit
תענית פרק ג ("סדר תעניות אלו")
Heavenly Greetings: The Righteousness of a Bloodletter (Taanit 21b-22a)
Our Man of Bei Lapat: The Tale of The Prison Warden of Khuzistan (Taanit 22a)
From Desperation to Downpour: Talmudic Stories of Rainmaking (Taanit 24a-b)
תענית פרק ד ("בשלשה פרקים")
The Origins of Tisha B’Av and the Chronology of Numbers 10-14: the Date of the Destructions of the Both Temples and the Biblical Spies Episode (Taanit 29a)
[Appendix - Prohibited Activities on Tisha B'Av, Including Restrictions on Torah Study (Taanit 30a)]
Megillah
מגילה פרק א ("מגילה נקראת")
Thematic Introductions to the Book of Esther in the Talmud (Megillah 10b-11a)
Ahasuerus and the Kingship of the World (Esther 1:1; Megillah 11a-b)
Talmudic Interpretations of the Book of Esther
The Seven Prophetesses of Israel (Megillah 14a-b)
Talmudic Interpretations of the Book of Esther (continued)
The Humiliation of Haman: The Dramatic Talmudic Elaboration of the Biblical Verse of Haman Carrying out King Ahasuerus's Orders to Honor Mordecai (Esther 6:11-12; Megillah 16a)
Talmudic Interpretations of the Book of Esther (continued)
מגילה פרק ד ("בני העיר")
[Appendix - The Prohibition of Using Torah and Torah Scholars for Personal Benefit (Megillah 28b)]
Moed Katan
מועד קטן פרק א ("משקין בית השלחין")
Two Talmudic Stories of Cryptic Blessings and Their Interpretation (Moed Katan 9a-b)
From Kohl to Lime: A Talmudic Discussion of Cosmetics and Hair Removal (Moed Katan 9b)
מועד קטן פרק ג ("ואלו מגלחין")
From Admonishment to Excommunication: The Talmudic Laws of Ostracism (Moed Katan 16a-b)
A Cycle of Five Elegeic Poems in the Talmud (Moed Katan 25b)
Chagigah
חגיגה פרק א ("הכל חייבין")
חגיגה פרק ב ("אין דורשין")
Talmudic Cosmology (Ma'aseh Bereshit): Earth's Foundations, the Seven Heavens, and Cosmic Dimensions (Chagigah 12b-13a)
[Appendix 1 - The Survival of R' Akiva in the Pardes (Chagigah 15b-16a)]
[Appendix - The Dual Nature of Demons and Humans (Chagigah 16a)]
Yevamot
יבמות פרק ו ("הבא על יבמתו")
What Counts as Sex? Defining the Beginning and Completion of Intercourse in the Talmud (Yevamot 55b)
Preparing Her Mouth and "Turning Her Back": The Talmud on the “The Bad Wife” (Yevamot 63b)
יבמות פרק יא ("נושאין על האנוסה")
יבמות פרק טז ("האשה בתרא")
“Endless Water”: Eight Stories of Uncertain Drowning of a Husband in the Context of Remarriage (Yevamot 121a-b)
"Alas!": Thirteen Additional Stories Regarding the Reliability and Validity of Testimony About a Husband’s Death in the Context of Remarriage (Yevamot 121b-122b)
Ketubot
כתובות פרק א ("בתולה נשאת")
[Appendix - Blessings on Betrothal and Marriage (Ketubot 7b-8a)]
Mourning Rituals and Communal Practices: Blessings, Wine, and Rabban Gamliel’s Burial Reform (Ketubot 8b)
כתובות פרק ב ("האשה שנתארמלה")
Captivity and Purity: The Story of Shmuel’s Daughters (Ketubot 23a)
[Burden of Proof: The Case of the Violent Mari bar Isak (Ketubot 27b)]
כתובות פרק ה ("אף על פי")
[Appendix - Foods That Harm a Nursing Mother's Milk (Ketubot 60b)]
Wine, Women, and Widowhood: A Talmudic Exploration of Behavior and Stipends (Ketubot 65a)
כתובות פרק ו ("מציאת האשה")
Nedarim
נדרים פרק ב ("ואלו מותרין")
Talmudic Perspectives on Marital Sex: Behaviors, Consequences, and Ethics (Nedarim 20a-b)
נדרים פרק ג ("ארבעה נדרים")
[Appendix - Hyperbolic Vows and the Giant Snake in the time of King Shapur (Nedarim 25a)]
נדרים פרק ו ("הנודר מן המבושל")
Fingers, Forks, and Faces: Tales of R' Yehuda (Nedarim 49b-50a)
R' Yehuda HaNasi and Bar Kappara: Talmudic Stories of Humor, Wealth, and Reflection (Nedarim 50b-51a)
נדרים פרק ז ("הנודר מן הירק")
Dinars, Disputes, and Dilutions: Rava's Query and the Spark of a Scholarly Spat (Nedarim 55a)
נדרים פרק ט ("רבי אליעזר")
Ugly Wives and Spiteful Husbands: Talmudic Farce in a Misogynistic Key (Nedarim 66a-b)
Sotah
סוטה פרק א ("המקנא")
Talmudic Interpretations of Exodus 1:8-2:9
Talmudic Interpretations of Exodus 1:8-2:9 (continued)
Pharaoh’s Decrees and Amram’s Response: Talmudic Interpretations of Exodus 1:16-2:3 (Sotah 12a)
The Symbolism and Miracles in Pharaoh’s Daughter Rescuing Moses in Exodus 2:3-5 (Sotah 12a-b)
Pharaoh’s Daughter Rescuing Moses in Exodus 2:6-9 (Sotah 12b)
[Appendix 1 - The Incoherent Vision of Necromancers - Isaiah 8:19 (Sotah 12b)]
סוטה פרק ז ("אלו נאמרין")
[Appendix 1 - Bat Kol Announcing Military and Political Events (Sotah 33a = Tosefta 13:5): Yoḥanan the High Priest and Shimon HaTzaddik]
The Temptation and Trial of Joseph in Genesis 39: From Potiphar's House to the High Priest's Ephod (Sotah 36a-b)
[Appendix 2 - Refuting the Samaritans’ Bible “Alterations”: Elon Moreh and Shechem (Sotah 33b)]
Gittin
גיטין פרק ג ("כל הגט")
Between Heat and Harvest: The Talmud on Winds and the Timing of Selling Agricultural Products (Gittin 31b-32a)
גיטין פרק ד ("השולח")
גיטין פרק ה ("הניזקין")
Talmudic Stories Relating to the Destruction of the Second Temple (Gittin 55b-56a)
From Nero to Titus: The Siege of Jerusalem and the Destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE in Talmudic Retelling (Gittin 56a-b)
Three Talmudic Stories about the Righteous Community of Kefar Sekhanya of Egypt (Gittin 57a)
[Appendix - The Beitar Massacre (Gittin 57a, sections # 21-23)]
Rome’s Hands, Jacob’s Voice: A Talmudic Lament Over the Destruction (Gittin 57b-58a)
Moses, R' Yehuda HaNasi, and Rav Ashi: The Pinnacles of Torah and Secular Authority (Gittin 59a)
גיטין פרק ז ("מי שאחזו")
The Talmudic Sugya of Remedies (Gittin 69a-b)
Sex, Bloodletting, Travel, and Other Dangerous Activities (Gittin 70a-b)
Kiddushin
קידושין פרק א ("האשה נקנית")
Tales of Temptation: Sages' Encounters with Roman Noblewomen (Kiddushin 39b-40a)
קידושין פרק ב ("האיש מקדש")
[Betrothal on condition of Bible or Mishnah literacy and study (Kiddushin 49a)]
קידושין פרק ד ("עשרה יוחסין")
Rav Yehuda vs. Rav Naḥman: A Talmudic Clash Over Speech, Social Status, and Slavery (Kiddushin 70a-b)
Talmudic Jewish Geography: The Boundaries of Babylonia, Lineage Purity, and the Cities of the Ten Lost Tribes (Kiddushin 71b-72a)
From Donkey Drivers to Doctors, Bloodletters to Tanners: Rabbinic Insights and Guidance on Professions (Mishnah Kiddushin 4:14; Talmud ibid., 82a-b)
Bava Kamma
בבא קמא פרק ו ("הכונס")
בבא קמא פרק ז ("מרובה")
בבא קמא פרק י ("הגוזל ומאכיל")
Bava Metzia
Thief-Catching, Corpulence, and Virility: Stories of R' Elazar ben Shimon and R' Yishmael ben Yosei (Bava Metzia 83b-84a)
The Beauty and the Bandit: The Talmudic Tragedy of R' Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish (Bava Metzia 84a)
Exploring the Greatness of R' Hiyya (Bava Metzia 85b-86a)
Sage on the Run: The Fleeing and Death of Rabba bar Naḥmani (Bava Metzia 86a)
Bava Batra
[Appendix - The Order and Authorship of Biblical Books (Bava Batra 14b-15a)]
When and Who Was Job? Talmudic Views on His Time Period and Identity (Bava Batra 15a-b)
Book of Job in Talmudic Interpretation: Job's Contested Righteousness and Satan's Character (Bava Batra 15b-16b)
‘Iyov’ (“Job”) or ‘Oyev’ (“Enemy”)? God's Precise Control of Nature and the Rhetorical Rebuttal of Job’s Accusation in Job 38-39 (Bava Batra 16a-b)
[R’ Yehuda HaNasi’s “false” consolation to his son upon the birth of a daughter (Bava Batra 16b)]
“I punished him”: Anecdotes About the Life and Death of Rav Adda bar Abba (Bava Batra 22a)
R' Bena’a the Sage and Sleuth: Solving Two Mysteries and Rising to Judgeship (Bava Batra 58a)
Ancient Burial Caves, Rankings of Beauty, and the Magus: Tales of R' Bena’a (Bava Batra 58a)
Stories of Disinheritance and Consecration to the Temple (Bava Batra 133b-134a)
[Appendix 2 - Temperaments that lead to Good and Bad lives (Bava Batra 145b)]
Deathbed Gifts in Talmudic Law: Six Cases Ruled by Rav Naḥman (Bava Batra 151a-b)
Archons and Angles: A Talmudic Sugya on Greek Words (Bava Batra 164b)
Sanhedrin
Rabbinic Roots: Unraveling the Family Tree of R' Ḥiyya and His Nephews (Sanhedrin 5a)
An Ancient Coded Letter Embedded in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 12a)
[The physical and intellectual qualifications for members of the Sanhedrin (Sanhedrin 17a)]
The Evolution of Hebrew Script and Ezra’s Role in Torah Transmission (Sanhedrin 21b-22a)
סנהדרין פרק ד ("אחד דיני ממונות")
The First Man: Talmudic Reflections on Adam's Creation (Sanhedrin 38a-39b)
Defending God, Biblical Monotheism, and Jewish Distinctiveness: Twelve Dialogues Between Sages and Challengers in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 38b-39a)
סנהדרין פרק ו ("נגמר הדין")
The Confession, Punishment, and Atonement of Achan in Joshua 7 (Sanhedrin 43b-44b)
סנהדרין פרק יא ("חלק")
[Appendix 2 - The Prohibition Against Giving Teruma to an Am Ha’aretz Priest (Sanhedrin 90b sections # 3-6)]
Scripture, Logic, and Polemic: Proofs for the Principle of the Mass Resurrection of the Jewish Dead in the Future Messianic Era (Sanhedrin 90b-91a)
Four Philosophical Dialogues Between R’ Yehuda Hanasi and the Roman Antoninus (Sanhedrin 91a-b)
Actual Resurrection or Allegory? The Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37 in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 92b)
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah and the Fiery Furnace in the Talmud: Aggadic Expansion of Daniel 3 (Sanhedrin 92b-93a)
[Appendix 2 - Allegorical Reading of Zechariah’s Vision in Zechariah 1:8 (Sanhedrin 93a)]
Pride, Idolatry, and the Rejection of Repentance: Talmudic Interpretations of the Wicked Biblical King Jeroboam (Sanhedrin 101b-102a)
Wicked Kings of Judah: Talmudic Insights into Idolatry and Atrocities by Ahaz, Manasseh, Amon, and Jehoiakim (Sanhedrin 103b)
The Prophet, the Prostitutes, and the Curses Reversed: The Biblical Story of Balaam in Talmudic Interpretation (Sanhedrin 105b-106b)
[Appendix 3 - The Wicked Raven in Noah’s Ark (Sanhedrin 108b)]
The Absurd and Brutal Practices of Biblical Sodom: A Talmudic Exploration (Sanhedrin 109a-b)
Wealth, Wives, and Punishment: The Story of Korah’s Rebellion Against Moses in Numbers 16 (Sanhedrin 109b-110a)
Makkot
Shevuot
Avodah Zarah
עבודה זרה פרק א ("לפני אידיהן")
Three Charges, Many Miracles: The Trial of R’ Elazar ben Perata (Avodah Zarah 17b)
Divine Beauty or Prohibited Gaze? The Talmud on Admiring Non-Jewish Women (Avodah Zarah 20a-b)
עבודה זרה פרק ב ("אין מעמידין")
Uncovered Liquids and Ritual Boundaries: Gentile Wine and the Risk of Snake Venom (Avodah Zarah 30a-31b)
עבודה זרה פרק ב ("אין מעמידין")
Kosher Chronicles: Six Talmudic Tales of Fish, Spice, and the Quest for Techelet (Avodah Zarah 39a)
[Appendix 1 - The Talmud on Whether Rabban Gamliel Deceived Proclus (Avodah Zarah 44b)]
עבודה זרה פרק ד ("רבי ישמעאל")
Talmudic Apologetics: A Cycle of Dialogues with Roman Pagans Regarding God and Idols (Avodah Zarah 54b-55a)
עבודה זרה פרק ה ("השוכר את הפועל")
Rose Water and Decadence: Rava and the Pleasure-seeking Bar-Sheshakh (Avodah Zarah 65a)
Permissibility of Jewish Wine in the Hands of Non-Jews: Ten Talmudic Cases Explored (Avodah Zarah 69b-70b)
Horayot
[10 to 11 Things That Hinder Study (Horayot 13b)]
Menachot
מנחות פרק ג ("הקומץ רבה")
מנחות פרק ה ("כל המנחות באות מצה")
From "Addir" to "Zeh": Repetitive Riddles, Symbolic Wordplay, and Biblical Allusions in R’ Ezra’s Homilies (Menachot 53a-b)
מנחות פרק ו ("רבי ישמעאל")
מנחות פרק יא ("שתי הלחם")
[Appendix - The prohibition to forget Torah (Menachot 99b)]
Chullin
חולין פרק ג ("אלו טרפות")
Testing Traditions: R' Shimon ben Ḥalafta's Experiments on Birds and Ants (Chullin 57b)
חולין פרק ו ("כסוי הדם")
Monotheism Defended: The Story of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi Debating a Theistic Dualist (Chullin 87a)
[Appendix - The Humility of Israel's Leaders vs. the Arrogance of Non-Jewish Kings (Chullin 89a)]
חולין פרק ח ("כל הבשר")
From Sodomite Salt to Demonic Gutters: The Hidden Meanings Behind Talmudic Eating Practices (Chullin 105b-106a)
חולין פרק ט ("העור והרוטב")
Bekhorot
בכורות פרק א ("הלוקח עובר חמורו")
Patterns in Animal and Plant Reproduction According to the Talmud, with Comparison With Modern Biological Scientific Knowledge (Bekhorot 7b-8a)
בכורות פרק ד ("עד כמה")
[Appendix 2: Accepting Ḥaver Status—Requirements for Wives, Daughters, and Slaves Transitioning Between Am Ha’aretz and Ḥaver Households; From Tying Tefillin to Tying Tax Seals: The Husband's Decisive Role in His Wife's Behavior (Bekhorot 30b)]
בכורות פרק ט ("מעשר בהמה")
Arakhin
ערכין פרק ג ("יש בערכין")
[Appendix 2 - The Israelites’ Ten Trials of God in the Wilderness (Arakhin 15a-b)]
Temurah
תמורה פרק ב ("יש בקרבנות")
Keritot
כריתות פרק א ("שלשים ושש")
The List of Ingredients in the Temple Incense: The ‘Ketoret’ Formula in Detail (Keritot 6a)
כריתות פרק ו ("המביא אשם")
Meilah
מעילה פרק ד ("קדשי מזבח")
Debates and Miracles: Logic, Exorcism, and the Repeal of Roman Anti-Jewish Laws (Meilah 17a-b)
Tamid
תמיד פרק ב ("ראוהו אחיו")
תמיד פרק ד ("לא היו כופתין")
Alexander the Great’s Dialogue with the Elders of the Negev: Philosophical Insights on Creation, Life, and Power (Tamid 32a)
The Talmudic Tales of Alexander the Great’s Adventures in Africa: The Mountains of Darkness, the City of Women, and the Waters of Eden (Tamid 32a-b)
Niddah
נידה פרק ב ("כל היד")
נידה פרק ג ("המפלת חתיכה")
From Conception to Birth: Talmudic Perspectives on Fetal Development and Gender (Niddah 31a-b)
נידה פרק ד ("בנות כותים")
נידה פרק ה ("יוצא דופן")
[Appendix 2 - Amoraic Practices in Regards to their Female Slaves (Niddah 47a)]
Fig Metaphors and Female Development: Puberty, Maturity, and Majority (Niddah 47a-b)
General Talmud Topics - Talmudic Studies and Interpretation
Studies, interpretations, or insights related to Talmudic texts, figures, or practices:
Revealing the Order: Literary Structure and Rhetoric in the Mishnah
What's in a Talmudic Name? Unpacking the World of Personal Names in Talmudic Literature
Quantifying the Jewish Canon: Computational Analyses of Classical Hebrew Texts
The 'Drawn Foreskin' ('Moshekh Orlah'): Undoing Circumcision and Foreskin Restoration in Classical History and in the Talmudic Sources
The Many Names of God: Divine Epithets in the Talmud
'They Brought Them to Court and Stoned Them': Sex with a Betrothed Virgin as the Most Severe Sexual Prohibition in the Talmudic Literature
"Sacred Subterfuge: Stories of Deception in the Talmud"
"Pt.2 of Sacred Subterfuge: Stories of Deception in the Talmud"
"The “Sex is Food” Metaphor in the Talmud"
"Waves from the West: Uncovering some Greco-Roman Undercurrents in the Sea of Talmud"
[Appendix 1 - Child Cannibalism in Classical Jewish Sources]
[Appendix 2 - The “Biblicist” (‘Kara’): Bible Experts in the Talmud]
[Appendix - “Ascending” (‘Aliyah’) from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael – Notes on the Term]
[Appendix 3 - Measure-for-Measure Divine Punishment in the Talmud]
[Appendix 2 - The term ‘Chazakah’ (חזקה) in Talmudic literature]
[Appendix - “Born Circumcised”: The Case of the Foreskin-Free Newborn in Talmudic Sources]
[Appendix 3 – Women Identified in the Talmud for Their Provocative Sexual Allure]
[Appendix 2 - Women’s Financial Dependence on Men in the Talmud]
[Appendix – The Concept of the Seventy Languages as Representing All Global Languages in the Talmud]
[Appendix 2: Formulas for Introducing Stories in the Bible and Talmudic Literature]
[Appendix: Additional Talmudic Stories of Bat Kol Proclaiming One’s Destiny for Life in the World-to-Come]
[Appendix: Numbered Lists in the Talmud, "And Some Say," and Further Examples]
[Appendix 3 - The Early Babylonian Amoraim R' Sheila and Rav]
[Appendix 3 - The perceived inferiority of females to males in Talmudic Literature]
[Appendix - The casuistic formulation (case followed by ruling) in the Mishnah]
[Appendix 3 - Hebrew Verbs for “Sex”]
[Appendix 4 - On the Division of the Torah into Five Books, and the terms ‘Pentateuch’ and ‘Chumash’]
[Appendix 3 - How the Passover animal sacrifice should be cooked (‘doneness’), Eating roasted meat on Seder night, and the Meaning of ‘Na’ (נא) in Exodus 12:8-9]
Large Numbers (≥100) in the Talmud: A Data Analysis
[Appendix 3 - Gabriel in Talmudic literature as the Jewish people’s guardian archangel]
Very helpful summary -- and really impressive body of work!