second temple period

Online lecture from the UCL Institute of Jewish Studies  by Professor Lutz Doering. This lecture traces the significance of the menorah from the Second Temple period to late antiquity, in both material culture and textual evidence, pointing to differences according to context and time. It will discuss the menorah as marking objects connected with priests; as creating a link with the Jerusalem Temple; as symbolising Jewish worship and hope; and as indicating a person’s “Jewishness”, similar to the role of the cross in Christian contexts.

Date: 9 March 2023 | Time: 6PM UK Time | Venue: Avenue Campus (University of Southampton) & online via Zoom | Registration Link: https://MontefioreLecture23.eventbrite.co.uk

The Rainbow, The Ladder and the Countenances: The Many Faces of Jewish Mysticism, הקשת, הסולם והפנים: ריבוי פניה של המיסטיקה היהודית, by Michael Schneider (Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism 32; 2023, 194 pages, in Hebrew, ISBN 978-1-933379-34-0).

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Here is the table of contents of the latest issue of The Jewish Quarterly Review.
Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press and the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

Volume 112.3
jqr.pennpress.org

Summer 2022, Vol. 112.3

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ARTICLES

Bar-Ilan University 

The Faculty of Jewish Studies

For the question of Benjamin Abelow, who is seeking to understand the nature of childhood corporal punishment among Jews during the late second Temple period see Michael Rosenak, Corporal Punishment in Jewish Education: A Philosophical-Educational Exploration, in: Jews and Violence: Images, Ideologies, Realities, Studies in Contemporary Jewry (Annual xviii), 2002, edited by Peter Y. Medding (Oxford University Press), pp. 168-185.

I'm seeking to understand the nature of childhood corporal punishment among Jews during the late second Temple period -- anything pertaining to attitudes, prevalence, and practices. I'm familiar with the admonitions in Sirach but don't know of much else that is clearly pertinent. I'm interested in both (or either) Palestine and the diaspora. I'd be thankful for suggestions for primary and/or secondary sources, as well as any other potentially helpful ideas. Thank you.

Benjamin Abelow, M.D.

benjamin.abelow@gmail.com