Jewish Studies 50

“Jewish Studies" is published annually by the World Union of Jewish Studies (WUJS) and provides an outlet for the publication of articles, studies, documents and various other contents in Jewish studies. The journal publishes articles in Hebrew and in English, which undergo a review process. The journal focuses on studies of a methodological programmatic nature and reviews various areas of Jewish studies. The journal was first published in 1971 under the title "Newsletter of the World Union of Jewish Studies". Since 1996 it is published in its current form as "Jewish Studies - Journal of the World Union of Jewish Studies". In addition to articles, the journal publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies.

The articles in the volume:

Cult as Literature in Second Temple Judaism (Papers from the 16^th World Congress of Jewish Studies)

Anne Katrine Gudme – Dyed Yarns and Dolphin Skins: Temple Texts as Cultural Memory in the Hebrew Bible

Line Sogaard Christensen – Cultural Evolution in the Hebrew Bible: Animal Sacrifices, Blood Sprinkling, Sacred Texts, and Public Readings

Soren Holst – Provisional, Primordial, and Preexistent Temples in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts

Martin Friis – "Aaron…The Most Deserving of Us": Josephus on the Priestly and High-Priestly Offices in the Jewish Antiquities book 3-4

ABSTRACTS

HEBREW SECTION

Efraim Sand – Traces of Byzantine Jewish Exegesis in Rashi's Commentary

Eran Viezel – The Composition of the Bible in the Writings of R. David Kimhi

Yaron Naim – Djerba's Rabbis: Orthodox Judaism in Islamic Territories?

Yael Shemesh – Jewish Feminist Biblical Scholarship: Possible Directions

Book Review

Abraham David – Review: Guide to the Hebrew Manuscripts collections Benjamin Richler, Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections, Second edition, Jerusalem, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2014, 410 Pages

Eliezer Schweid – Review Essay: Germans Against Germans? Moshe Zimmermann, Germans Against Germans: The Fate of the Jews 1938-1945, Am Oved, 251 pps.,

Moshe Zimmermann – Response to Eliezer Schweid

New Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies

Manuscripts and Annoted Critical Editions

Journals

Anthologies, Jubilee and Memorial Book

Monographs