Women, Monsters and Rabbis: Reflections on Teaching and Research in Bavli and Yerushalmi Ketubot.
This article explores the interconnections between research and teaching in the Leo Baeck College Beit Midrash (otherwise known as the Rabbinic Literature Intensive). Two recurring issues that have consistently arisen in the teaching and learning of rabbinic texts are, firstly, a struggle with the n...
| Published in: | European Judaism Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 112 - 126 |
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Berghahn Books
Spring2026
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