Jewish Studies 58 [2]

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.

In this issue:

Brachi Elitzur | "They Rejected the Desirable Land": The Sin of the Spies and its Refraining in Rabbinic Literature
Jonathan Grossman and Jonathan Jacobs | Ambiguity on the Level of the Plain Sense in Rashi's Commentaries on the Bible
Dov Schwartz | Between Spain and Provence: Critical and Cultural Exploration of Rabbi Prof. B.Z. Bededict's Oeuvre
Michal Aziza Ohana | A Modern Rabbinical Autobiography by R. Yeshuah Shimon Hayyim Ovadiah of Sefrou