Abstract
The final passage of B. Ketubbot discusses the question of living and burial in the Land of Israel or Babylonia. This essay examines one unit within that passage featuring a debate between Rav Yehudah and R. Zeira regarding migration from Babylonia to the Land of Israel. The unit appears in two different locations in textual witnesses to the Talmud. Its migration and the particular points where it was incorporated suggest that its true place is as a satellite passage alongside the main one. This recognition correlates with other observations arising from an examination of the unit and its relationship to other parts of the passage and parallel sources, leading to the conclusion that though the main text discusses migration from Babylonia to the Land of Israel, this unit apparently has a different agenda: to legitimize the very existence of a Jewish center in Babylonia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 333-373 |
| Number of pages | 41 |
| Journal | AJS Review |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Religious studies
- Literature and Literary Theory