Joe, thank you for posting this. My first undergrad teaching gig starts in about two weeks, and I’m adding parts of this to my syllabus (with attribution, of course).

to shape how members of the rabbinic guild—the only people who had access to or could read these texts—should regulate their slaves during erev Shabbat?

perform these tasks: door-keeping, cooking, baking bread, washing clothes, and wool-working. Others might be artisans or clerks. This information might illuminate how one reads the labors described in m. Shabbat 1: 2-11. Are the rabbis "thinking with" *enslaved labor,* attempting

Yes, I’m familiar! Thanks for the rec Andrew. @chancebonar.bsky.social, I actually sent you an email about this earlier today!

I’ll definitely add these to the list!

David, I’m going to do my best to attend your presentation! Would love to see how you integrate all this material.

Thanks, Parker! This is helpful, and I’m going to use pieces of this in an upcoming interaction with a writer who I’m doing editing work for. She uses the approach I described.

Isaac, just wanted to applaud this and highlight your kindness. For the record, I’ll be there as a student and I’m currently doing okay financially. But I know this is certainly not the case for many people.

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Thank you! Much appreciated.

Same! It’s been a long time coming.

Thank you!

Thanks for posting this! I’ve been looking for resources on magic in early Judaism and Christianity, and this is perfect. Happy to connect with a scholar who specializes in these areas.

Ordering!!! Can’t wait to read this, Andrew.

Hi! I’m a PhD student interested in cognitive and linguistic approaches for studying early rabbinic literature. Currently curious about text world theory, and what it can reveal about the “world” the rabbinic guild constructed within a corpus like the Mishnah.