Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Mo'ed - Annual for Jewish Studies, is now accepting papers for Vol. 17, to 
appear in March-April 2007. 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. 
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 15 (2005), or to Tarbiz 51 
(1982), pp.167-169. The final date for submission of articles to Vol. 16 is 
30 September 2006. 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
website: www.beitberl.ac.il/moed

Following are a selection of the articles to appear in Mo'ed 16 (2006; in 
Press):

English Section
Diklah Zohar, The Iconography of the Zodiac and the Months in the Synagogue
                      of Sepphoris: a Study in Diffusion of Artistic Models 

Hebrew Section
Shlomo Bahar, The Negation of Pagan Cyclical Rites in Gen. 8:22 
Rimon Kasher, When and Why Did Moses' Horns Disappear?
Yosefa Rachaman, The Prophetic Narrative about the Abandoned  Baby Girl and 
Her                         First Father in Ez. 16
Tziona Grossmark, "This May be Compared to an Athlete Who Was Wrestling with
                                a Royal Prince"; God and the Arena in Jewish 
Rabbinical                                 Literature
Sagit Mor and Ronen Ahituv, "A Sacrifice Offered in Sin": Values and the 
Offering of a
                        Sacrifice in Talmudic Literature
Admiel Kosman, Toward a New Interpretation of the Story on The Pupil, the 
Harlot
                        and the Fringes
Arie Don, On the Spiritual Dilemma of the Modern Jew and on the Inevitable
                        Decision; Moses Mendelssohn's Position on the 
Question of the
                        Intellectual Study of Jewish Law
Haim Grossman, "Light a Multitude of Hanukkah Candles"; On the History of the
                        Israeli Hanukkah Menorah During the Mandate and the 
First                               Decades of the State of Israel 

Book Reviews
Meir Bar-Ilan, On: Vered Noam, Megillat Ta'anit: Versions - Interpretation 
-History Hanina Ben-Menahem, On: Aaron Kirschenbaum, Self-Incrimination in 
Jewish Law Hanan Eshel, On: Steven Fine, Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman 
World Avigdor Shinan. On: Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Mekhilta De-Rabbi Ishmael