Jewish Studies 53

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. It 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 features a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies.

Articles in this volume:

ENGLISH SECTION
World Union News
ABSTRACTS
HEBREW SECTION
Essays Resulting from the Session “The Research Enterprise of the Late Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach on the One Hundredth Anniversary of his Birth” at the Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies (2013)

• Moshe David Herr E. E. Urbach: Opening Remarks
• Avraham Grossman E. E. Urbach’s Studies of Jewish Medieval Literature and Culture
• Jacob Elbaum E.E. Urbach: Scholar of Aggadah, Midrash and Rabbinic Thought
• Menahem Kister The Concepts and Beliefs of the Sages: Jewish and Christian Texts and Corpora—Constructions and Contexts: Reflections upon Urbach’s Oeuvre
• Moshe David Herr E. E. Urbach’s Work on the History of Halakhah, Jewish History, and Jewish Studies in General 
• Moshe David Herr E. E. Urbach: Concluding Remarks 
• Rivka Raviv On the Formation of The Image of Daniel in the Babylonian Talmud 
• Tamar Kadari “Nights Have Come”: Rabbinic Exegesis on the Destruction and Subjugation by Foreign Kingdoms
• Eli Gurfinkel “Rabbi David Messer Leon and his Scathing Attack Upon Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel
• Ofer Elior Religion and Science among the Karaites of Istanbul, according to Keter kehunnah by Joseph Beghi

Book Review
Ruth Lamdan Review of: Abraham David, A Jewish Mediterranean Society in the Late Middle Ages, Jerusalem and New York, 2016
Abraham David Review of: Shmuel Glick, Seride Teshuvot of the Ottoman Empire Sages from the Cairo Genizah in the E. N. Adler Collection of the JTS Library, Vols.1-2, New York, Jerusalem and Ramat Gan, 2016 

New Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies
Manuscripts and Annotated Critical Editions
Journals
Anthologies, Jubilee and Memorial Book
Monographs