Talmud and the Ethics of Close Reading

Volume 11, Number 1 (May 2020)

General Editors
Deborah Barer
Mark Randall James

Managing Editor
Ashley Tate

Founding Editors
Peter Ochs
Steven Kepnes

Introduction
Deborah Barer, Towson University


Essay

Talmudic Ethics with Beruriah: Reading with Care
Mira Beth Wasserman, The Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College


Responses

All the Knots of Jewish Thought: Ethical Formation, Close Reading and Theological Reflection in the Study of Talmud
Ariel Evan Mayse, Stanford University

On Interpretation and its Potentials: A Closer Look at Close Reading
Sarah Wolf, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Beyond Form and Content: Using Jewish Ethical Responses to #MeToo as a Resource for Methodology
Sarah Zager, Yale University


Concluding Remarks
Mira Beth Wasserman, The Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College