Proselytism in the Talmudic Period

The mental status exam in talmudic medicine.

An early reference to the clinical evaluation of “delirium” appears in the seventh chapter of the Talmudic tractate dealing with divorce documents and proceedings.1 The Rabbis in Mishnaic (ie, Tannaim) and Talmudic (ie, Amoraim) times, extending from the beginning of the Common Era to ~800 CE, needed absolute assurance regarding a husband’s willful intention to divorce his wife for a variety of...

WebCT: A Tool for Proselytism!

This short paper presents arguments to use TIC for teaching and learning. It starts with an overview of the environment that the education sector is currently facing, and then describes an experimentation with an actual Internet-based learning environment: WebCT. This research offers theoretical and practical foundations to promote this use.

evaluation of sadr eminence in safavid period

چکیده: یکی از دوره های مهم تاریخی ایران به لحاظ تأمین استقلال ملی مذهبی و حتی تأثیر آن بر فرهنگ و مذهب ایرانیان، دوره صفویه است. رسمیت دادن و رواج مذهب شیعه توسط شاه اسماعیل اول، یکی از مهمترین اقدامات این دولت محسوب می شود. بنابراین برای اجرای این سیاست، وی منصب صدارت را به عنوان منصبی مذهبی- حکو متی ایجاد کرد .این منصب از دوره ی تیموریان ایجاد شده بود ولی در اواخر این دوره اهمیت بیشتری یافت...

Uncertainty Rules in Talmudic Reasoning 1

A Talmudic Bankruptcy Solution: the Ccc Principle

Following a bankruptcy, how should we distribute the available assets among the eligible creditors? Most people would accept a proportional distribution—for each claimant, calculate her percentage of the sum of all claims and assign her that same percentage of total assets. However, this is not the only reasonable approach. For example, if every claim is at least as large as total assets, assig...