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Nidda—Die Menstruierende

Nidda—Die Menstruierende Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 88-145 127 Nidda—Die Menstruierende. By Matthias Morgenstern. (Übersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi VI/1). Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck 2006. Pp. xxxv, 210. Cloth. €89.00. ISBN 3-16-148906-3. Yerushalmi Niddah is a difficult text, lacking a strong commentary tradition which is a trait common to all tractates of Yerushalmi. y. Niddah ends abruptly with a very brief and nearly incoherent sugya in chapter 3. Chapter 4 adds no more than a baraita . Th e issues dealt with in the tractate concern complicated laws of ritual purity and impurity. Morgenstern generally provides a very accurate translation of y. Niddah based on the Leiden manuscript. His translation is literal and he is careful to separate his own additions and all other commentary used to smooth the elliptical nature of the original text from the translation by parentheses. He follows a similar pattern for the Mishnah, relying on the Mishnah text as it appears in the Leiden manu- script for the first four chapters and the Lowe manuscript for chapters 5-10. His Mishnah commentary relies on Kahati, Albeck and Neusner while his commen- tary to y. Niddah relies heavily on the commentary of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

Nidda—Die Menstruierende

Meacham, Tirzah
Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 39 (1): 127 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 88-145 127 Nidda—Die Menstruierende. By Matthias Morgenstern. (Übersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi VI/1). Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck 2006. Pp. xxxv, 210. Cloth. €89.00. ISBN 3-16-148906-3. Yerushalmi Niddah is a difficult text, lacking a strong commentary tradition which is a trait common to all tractates of Yerushalmi. y. Niddah ends abruptly with a very brief and nearly incoherent sugya in chapter 3. Chapter 4 adds no more than a baraita . Th e issues dealt with in the tractate concern complicated laws of ritual purity and impurity. Morgenstern generally provides a very accurate translation of y. Niddah based on the Leiden manuscript. His translation is literal and he is careful to separate his own additions and all other commentary used to smooth the elliptical nature of the original text from the translation by parentheses. He follows a similar pattern for the Mishnah, relying on the Mishnah text as it appears in the Leiden manu- script for the first four chapters and the Lowe manuscript for chapters 5-10. His Mishnah commentary relies on Kahati, Albeck and Neusner while his commen- tary to y. Niddah relies heavily on the commentary of

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