Emanuel Simcha, Dept. of Talmud


Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):


Born in Jerusalem, 1957
Academic Background (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.): Hebrew University, Department of Talmud, 1983-1993.
Instructor in the Dept. of Talmud, Tel Aviv University, 1995- . Rank: Lecturer

Major publications (books and major articles):


I. Hebrew

A. Books
1 . Newly Discovered Geonic Responsa, Jerusalem-Cleveland 1995.

B. Articles
1 . 'The Responsa of Rabbi Solomon Aderet - Constantinople edition', Ha-Ma'ayan 21,3 (1981) pp. 46-58.
2 . 'Sha'are Shechita ve-Trefot of Rav Samuel ben Hofni Gaon', Kiryat Sefer 59 (1984) pp. 962-966.
3 . 'On Machzor Vitry', Alei Sefer 12 (1986) pp. 129-130.
4 . 'The Responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg - Prague edition', Tarbiz 57 (1988) pp. 559-597.
5 . 'Scribal Errors', Tarbiz 58 (1988) pp. 135-145.
6 . 'Ms. Moscow 566: A Preliminary Description', Kiryat Sefer 63 (1990) pp. 301-306.
7 . 'A New Fragment of Megillat Setarim by R. Nissim Gaon', Rabbi Mordechai Breuer Festschrift, Jerusalem 1992, pp. 535-551.
8 . 'New Responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg', Ha-Ma'ayan 33,3 (1993) pp. 11-20.
9 . 'Fragments of "Seder Binyan Bayith Sheni" of Rabbi Eliezer ben Yoel Halevi', Ha-Ma'ayan 34,4 (1994) pp. 11-17.
10 . '"The European Genizah" and its Contribution to Jewish Studies', Jewish Studies 35 (1995) pp. 5-29.
11 . ‘A Responsum of Samuel ben Ali Gaon of Baghdad to the Talmudic Scholars of France’, Tarbiz 66 (1996) pp. 93-100.
12 . ‘Parallel Charts of the Collections of Responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg', in: Digest of the Responsa Literature of Germany, France and Italy, Magnes Press (in press).
13 . ‘The Controversy over the Liturgical Texts of Hassidei Ashkenaz’, Mehqerei Talmud 3 (in press).
14 . ‘Rabbi Baruch of Mainz - Portrait of a Scholar as Reflected in the Fragments of his Writings’, Ephraim E. Urbach Memorial Volume, Israel Academy of the Sciences (in press).
15 . ‘The Responsa of the Geonin, Constantinople edition’, Prof. H.Z. Dimitrovsky Festschrift, Magnes Press (in press).
16 . ‘The "European Genizah": Expectations and Reality’, Essays on the Italian Genizah (in press).

II. English
A. Articles
1 . ‘The "European Genizah" and its Contribution to Jewish Studies’, Henoch (in print)

B. Research Projects (collaborated)
1 . Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to vol. I (A. Neubauer's Catalogue), compiled under the direction of M. Beit-Arie, edited by R.A. May, Oxford 1994 (see introduction, p. xx)

Teaches the following courses in the current academic year:


1 . Bibliographic Survey of Talmudic Literature.
2 . Selected Sugyot in the Laws of the Sabbath.
3 . Selected Sugyot in the Laws of the Holidays.
4 . New Sources of Information in Jewish Studies.
5 . Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts.
6 . Jewish Gentile Relationship (post-graduate seminar).

Additional points of contact (office/home telephone,fax,etc.):


Tel. - fax number: 02-9973486