A Bride without a Blessing

David Brodsky uses form and source criticism to date Massekhet Kallah and the first two chapters of Kallah Rabbati to the mid-amoraic period (circa 280-450 CE), and to locate their redaction in Babylonia. His analysis of parallels between these two sources and the Babylonian Talmud offers a new perspective on the development of Babylonian rabbinic material during this critical period, and, thereby, on the development of the Babylonian Talmud itself. Brodsky also deciphers Massekhet Kallah's peculiar form of asceticism and explores its fascinating gender and theological implications.

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Born 1971; M.A. and Ph.D. (2003) New York University; Assistant Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Rabbinic Civilization at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote, PA.