A new digital critical edition of the Jerusalem Talmud (tractate Yevamot)

In January this year, Prof. Menachem Katz of the University of Haifa and Dr. Hillel Gershuni of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, together with the programmer Yaron Bar, launched a beta version of a new digital critical edition of the Jerusalem Talmud, right now of tractate Yevamot (under ISF grant 1717/19) but with the aim of expanding it to other tractates. The edition address is TalmudYerushalmi.com, and it is free to use.
The edition includes all the components of a classical critical edition: exact an amended base text (based on MS Leiden), synopsis of direct as well as indirect textual witnesses, parallels, citations, bibliographic notes and explanatory notes. The user interface is friendly, when the user can click on a certain line or passage to show the relevant apparatuses, and click on an arrow at the end of any line to show the synopsis. And there is much more. 

The edition is under development, and in the next months other features will be added, such as high resolution images of manuscripts, and many more features.


For a detailed description of the project see the paper “Talmud Yerushalmi Digital Critical Edition”, IRCDL 2022, and for a Hebrew introduction see the relevant page on the website.


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About Andreas Lehnertz

As Juniorpofessor of medieval history with a specialization in Jewish history at the University of Trier, Andreas Lehnertz studies the social, cultural, and religious history of Europe. His academic pursuits focus on the nuanced dynamics of everyday Christian-Jewish relations, the study of marginal Hebrew and Yiddish deeds, the study of Jewish and general sealing practices, and the in-depth study of Jewish craftspeople. He wrote a book on "Jewish Seals in the Medieval German Empire: The Authentication and Self-Representation of Jewish Men and Women". His expertise has been further honed through his roles as a postdoctoral fellow in the ERC project "Beyond the Elite - Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe" at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and as a member of the Martin Buber Society in the Humanities and Social Sciences, also at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Currently he writes a book that about "Jewish Craftspeople in Medieval Germany". Through his research and publications, he aims to make a meaningful contribution to the academic discourse surrounding medieval history and to provide valuable insights into the rich tapestry of European history during this pivotal period.

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