Jewish Studies 57 [1]

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.

Among the articles in this issue:
Maya Shemuelli | An Existential View of Return and Alienation: Exegetic Examination of the Book of Ruth
Ofer Elior | The Medieval Hebrew Translations of Euclid's Elements
Judith Weiss | Dehiyya, Halifa, and Hibbur: Sefirotic Notions of Metempsychosis in Early Kabbalistic Literature and Some of their Reverberations
Ayelet Walfish-Frankel | Angels, Demons, and Warlocks: The Myth of the Sons of God and Daughters of Men in the Zohar as an Etiology of Evil
Neta Dan | "22 Letters of Cursing": Swearing and Insults in Uri Zvi Grinberg's Poetic Language