Zutot 2001

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-8

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2. Bible

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. A Note on the Root ZQN in the Hebrew Bible

      • Athalya Brenner

      Pages 10-13

   3. Sacred Spaces in the Book of Daniel

      • Shimon Levy

      Pages 14-20

3. Greek and Roman World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Contextualising Greek Chronicles

      • Sarah J. K. Pearce

      Pages 22-27

   3. Cleopatra the Physician

      • Joseph Geiger

      Pages 28-32

   4. Were the Rabbis Troubled by Witches?

      • Leo Mock

      Pages 33-43

   5. Maria Alchemista, the First Female Jewish Author

      • Pieter W. van der Horst

      Pages 44-47

   6. A Gold Votive Medallion in the Jewish Museum, London

      • Nicholas de Lange

      Pages 48-55

4. Piyyut

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Hearing and Understanding Piyyut in the Liturgy of the Synagogue

      • Wout-Jacques van Bekkum

      Pages 58-63

   3. Intertextual Polyphony: Scriptural Presence(s) in a Piyyutim Cycle by Yoseph Ibn Abitur

      • Yehoshua Granat

      Pages 64-76

   4. ‘Rashi’ and Early Ashkenazi Piyyut

      • Albert van der Heide

      Pages 77-83

   5. Isaac Ha-Gorni and the Troubadour Persona

      • Ann Brener

      Pages 84-90

   6. The Captions ‘Fi Wazn’ and ‘Fi Lahn’ in Strophic Poetry

      • Ulf Haxen

      Pages 91-96

5. Jewish Thought

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Religious Polemics in a Philosophical Encyclopedia: Judah Ha-Cohen on ‘The Chosen People’

      • Resianne Fontaine

      Pages 98-106

   3. Athens in Jerusalem. On the Definition of Jewish Philosophy

      • Reinier Munk

      Pages 107-111

6. Booklore

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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