Biblical Hebrew Forum

[יונתן ספרן <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>]

Mo'ed - Annual for Jewish Studies, is now accepting papers for Vol. 16, to 
appear in  March-April 2005. Mo'ed is a peer-reviewed annual devoted to all 
branches and periods of Jewish Studies, and welcomes original contributions 
in these fields. 
Articles may be submitted for publication either in Hebrew or in English.  
Hebrew articles are to include an English abstract and English articles are 
to include a Hebrew abstract of 200-300 words. Authors are responsible for 
any necessary translation of abstracts.
Articles are to be typed using a Word for Windows-compatible word processor 
and should be submitted in two hard copies accompanied by a diskette. 
Electronic transmission as an e-mail attachment is an acceptable alternative, 
but it is recommended to submit hard copies and diskette as well.
Bibliographical references and other notes are to be typed as footnotes.
For all other matters of style and usage – spelling and punctuation, use of 
numbers, emphases, abbreviations, citation of texts and bibliographical 
references, contributors are referred to the Guidelines for Contributors 
appearing (in both Hebrew and English) in Mo'ed 14 (2004), or to Tarbiz 51 
(1982), pp. 167-169.
The final date for submission of articles to Vol. 15 is 30 September 2005. 
Articles are to be submitted to:
 
Dr. Arie Don
or
Dr, Jonathan D. Safren
Editors
Mo'ed - Annual for Jewish Studies
Center for Jewish Culture
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office
44905 Israel
e-mail: moed AT beitberl.ac.il


Following are the articles to appear in Mo'ed 15 (2005; in press)


English Section

Dean Phillip Bell, "Reconsidering Jews, Tragedy, and Power in Early Modern 
Germany"

Brian Ogren, "Modernity, Oral Law and Tolerance for Diversity: Moses 
Mendelssohn and the Challenge to Traditional Concepts of Idolatry"


Book Review

Johan Lust, On: The Book of Ezekiel. The Hebrew University Bible

                                                                              
                
Hebrew Section

David Gilad, "'Let us go a distance of three days into the wilderness' (Ex 3, 
18): The Ethical Dilemma through the Prism of Jewish Biblical Exegesis"

Natan Klaus, "The Pivot Pattern: Psalm 35:7b-9a"

Sagit Mor, "Tikkun Olam: Its Early Meaning and Its Influence on Divorce Law 
during the Mishnaic Period"

Itzhak Hamitovsky, ,"With All Your Might- All Your Strength and All Your 
Fortune': A Semantic Shift of an Ancient Midrash"

Dalia Hoshen, "External Structure versus Binary Structure in Sexuality: The 
Approach of the Rishonim and Their Talmudic Sources"

Abraham Ophir Shemesh, "The Date Palm and its Cultivation in Rashi’s 
Commentaries on Rabbinic Literature"

Yael Levine, "Se‘udat Esther (The Feast of Esther("

Arie Don, "The Enemy Within: Maimonides and Plato's View of Creation"

Rafik Abu-Bakr, "Hebrew under Arabic Influence in the 21st Century: The 
Lexical Aspect"

Zipora Cochavi-Rainey, "Some Linguistic and Linguistic-Stylistic Features     
  in Naomi Frankel’s Novel  Preda ('Departure'"(

Haim Grossman, "'Israel Haggadah Forces': The Image of the Soldier and 
Military Appearance in the Passover Haggadah"


Book Reviews

Mayer I. Gruber, On: Israel Knohl. The Divine Symphony: The Bible's Many 
Voices

Shulamit Valler, On: Meir Bar-Ilan, Genesis Numerology

Robert A. Harris, On: Mayer I. Gruber, Mayer I., Rashi's Commentary on Psalms 

Mayer I. Gruber, On: Zafrira Ben-Barak, Inheritance by Daughters in Israel 
and the Ancient Near East

Shimon Sharvit, On: Talma Zurawel, Maimonides' Tradition of Mishnaic Hebrew 
as Reflected in His Autograph Commentary to the Mishnah

Moshe Hallamish, On: Devra Kay, Seyder Tkhines