The Rabbis and Palmyra: A Case Study on (Mis-)Reading Rabbinics for Historical Purposes.

The article presents a case study that examines rabbinic texts concerning Palmyra, Odenathus, and Zenobia. The author attempts to demonstrate some of the difficulties and mistakes that can be made by scholars attempting to read such rabbinical texts for historical purposes. The article offers exampl...

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Published in:	Jewish Quarterly Review Vol. 101; no. 4; pp. 527 - 545
Main Author:	APPELBAUM, ALAN
Format:	Case Study
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Fall2011
Subjects:	Graf, David F. Smallwood, E. Mary Rabbinical literature > History & criticism Judaism & literature Jewish studies Zenobia (Extinct city)
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