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Portraitfoto von Prof. Dr. Reichman
Portraitfoto von Prof. Dr. Reichman
HFJS-Heidelberg

Professor Dr. Ronen Reichman

Chair of Talmud, Codices and Rabbinic Literature

BaföG representative

(+49) (0) 6221 / 54 19 228
ronen.reichman@hfjs.eu


Office hours (lecture period): by appointment
Office hours (semester break): by appointment

CURRICULUM VITAE

Since 2004 holder of the Chair of Talmud, Codices and Rabbinic Literature at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies.
2004 Habilitation: Abductive thinking and Talmudic argumentation.
1996 - 2004 Research assistant at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg.
1996 Doctorate on the topic: Mishna and Sifra. A literary-critical comparison of parallel traditions.
1994 - 1996 Research assistant at the Seminar for Jewish Studies at the University of Frankfurt.
Studied Jewish Studies and Philosophy at the University of Tel Aviv and the FU Berlin.
born in Tel Aviv in 1960.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Sifra and Mishna. A literary-critical comparison of parallel traditions. Tübingen 1998.
  • The abductive argumentation in Talmudic legal discourse, Tübingen 2006.

  • (ed.) Der Odem des Menschen ist eine Leuchte des Herrn.Aharon Agus zum Gedenken, Heidelberg 2006.
  • (ed.) Rashi and his legacy. International Conference of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien with the City of Worms. Edited by Daniel Krochmalnik, Hanna Liss, Ronen Reichman, Heidelberg 2007.

  • The "water episode" in the Hechalot literature, in: Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge (FJB) 17 (1989), pp. 67-100.
  • Deqel Harim. On the significance of the question in rabbinic literature, in: FJB 25 (1998), pp. 39-50.
  • On the Analysis of the Moment of Application in Talmudic Discourse, in: FJB 26 (1999), pp. 139-47.
  • Redundancy in Scripture; Use and Reflection of a Basic Principle of Rabbinic Scriptural Interpretation in Some Exegetical Rules, in: Trumah 9 (1999), pp. 147-163.
  • Aspects of Maimonidean hermenutics in the context of the reception of halakhic scriptural exegesis in Mishne Torah, in: Trumah 13 (2003), pp. 185-207.
  • "What arises from the Hebe is like the Hebe itself" (Mishna, Terumot, 9,4); On the hermeneutical concern of Azariah Pigo in his halakhic commentary Gidulei Teruma, in: An der Schwelle zur Moderne. Juden in der Ranaissance, ed. by Giuseppe Veltri/Anette Winkelmann, Leiden 2003, pp. 108-125.
  • On the Reception of Halakha in the Judgments of the Supreme Court in Israel. Approaches to the development of a model based on a case study, in: Trumah 14 (2004), pp. 149-165.
  • The Talmudic Okimta and its Logical Structure: a Contribution to the Systematic Research into Talmudic Legal Hermeneutics, in: Jewish Studies Quarterly, 2 (2005), pp. 129-147.
  • Of four and more reasons why one must leave the pe'a for the poor at the end of the field, in: Trumah 15 (2005), pp. 79-98.
  • Aspects of institutional authority in rabbinic literature, in: ibid. (ed.), Der Odem des Menschen ist eine Leuchte des Herrn, Heidelberg 2006, pp. 27-43.
  • On the situation of Talmud study at the time of Rashi, in: Rashi and his legacy. International Conference of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien with the City of Worms. Edited by Daniel Krochmalnik, Hanna Liss, Ronen Reichman, Heidelberg 2007, pp. 35-46.
  • The Tosefta and Its Value for Historical Research: Questioning the Historical Reliability of Case Stories, in preparation for a conference volume in the context of the conference: Rabbinic texts and the History of Late Roman Palestine, March 10 - March 12, 2008, The British Academy. Organizers: Martin Goodman and Philip Alexander.
  • Some reflections on Jewish attitudes towards the Christian censorship of Hebrew books in Italy in the 16th century in preparation for a conference volume in the context of the conference organized by Professor Thomas Willy: "Zwischen Zensur und Selbstbesinnung. Christian Reception of Judaism" Greifswald, February 2007.

  • Lexicon article for the new edition of the theological hand dictionary Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG) Sifra, Sifre, Sifre Bemidbar, Sifre Devarim, Sifre Zutta, Speisegebot/Speiseverboten/Speisegesetze, Tosefta.

  • On: Alexander Samely, Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishna, Oxford 2002, xi, 481 pp. In: Trumah 13 [2003], pp. 272-278.
  • On: Börner-Klein, Dagmar: Der Midrasch Sifre zu Numeri übersetzt und erklärt. Part I: Translation. Part II: On the editorial history - Stuttgart/Berlin/Cologne 1997. In: FJB, Heft 24, 1997, pp. 162-167.
  • On: Ilan, Tal: Integrating Women into Second Temple History. Tübingen 1999. in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, 126 (2001) 4, pp. 385-387.
  • Re: Jacob Neusner/Tamara Sonn, Comparing Religions through Law, - Judaism and Islam, London/New York 1999. In: Journal for Law and Religion, XVII (2002) No. 1 & 2, pp. 267-273.
  • Re: Jacob Neusner, Are the Talmuds Interchangeable? Christine Hayes's Blunder, Atlanta, 1995: Scholars Press for South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism (122). (xxix, 166 p.) In: Journal for Law and Religion, XVII (2002) No. 1 & 2, pp. 273-279.

  • "Les Vrais Riches", Notes in the margins. A diary from the Lodz ghetto (May to August 1944), edited by Hanno Loewy and Andrzej Bodek. Translated from the Yiddish by Esther Alexander-Ihme, from the Polish by Andrzei Bodek, from the English by Irmgard Hölscher and from the Hebrew by Ronen Reichman, 1997.
  • "And if I am for myself, what am I?" in: If not me, who? If not now, when? Thematic issue, published by the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation German Coordination Council, 1998.
  • Moses Mendelssohn. Collected Writings Anniversary Edition. Edited by E. J. Engel (Friedrich Frommann Verlag). Collaboration on index volume 27 (Hebrew writings) (in preparation).
  • Obituary for Prof. Aharon R. E. Agus of blessed memory, in: Jüdische Allgemeine Zeitung January, 2003.
  • Who is a Jew? Newspaper article in: FAZ, 11.03.2005.
  • Der Talmud und sein intellektuelles Erbe (in print for the publication series of the Elias Canetti Gesellschaft).
  • Talmudic Studies in Heidelberg. The judge has only what his eyes see, in: Mussaf, magazine of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, 2/07.