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Michael Satlow
Brown University

Prof. Michael L. Satlow is Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies at Brown University. He holds a Ph.D. from JTS, is the author of Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice and How the Bible Became Holy and the editor of Judaism and the Economy: A Sourcebook. He maintains a blog at mlsatlow.com and can be followed on twitter at @mlsatlow. 

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8/12/2021

Judaism and the Economy: A Sourcebook

Jewish Marriage in Antiquity

How the Bible Became Holy

The Gift in Antiquity

Tasting the Dish: Rabbinic Rhetorics of Sexuality

Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice

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A Detached Kiddushin

In antiquity, marriage by Jews and non-Jews alike was a natural process, not defined solely by a single legal moment. Through the requirement of kiddushin, the rabbis revived an ancient institution known in the bible as Erusin (אירוסין), imbuing it with a binding legal significance despite apparent public disinterest. How should we understand the rise of rabbinic kiddushin? What exactly did the rabbis have to gain in its establishment?

What Does Rosh Hodesh Celebrate?

Tracing the meaning and motifs of Rosh Hodesh (the new moon festival) from the biblical through the talmudic periods reveals a day of two different meanings.

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