Dr. Binyamin Katzoff

 List of Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

1.    “Citation Network Analysis for Viewpoint Plurality Assessment of Historical Corpora: The Case of the Medieval Rabbinic Literature”, together with Prof. M. Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Prof. J. Schler and N. Ben-Gigi, PLOS ONE 19 (2024), pp. 1-26

2.    “The Tannaitic Tradition Concerning the Passover Celebrations of King Hezekiah”, together with Prof. A. Schremer, Tarbiz 89 (2023), pp. 555-580 (Hebrew)  

3.    “Comparative Network Analysis as a New Approach to the Editorship Profiling Task: A Case Study of the Mishnah and Tosefta from Rabbinic Literature”, together with Prof. M. Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Prof. J. Schler and Dr. A. Zadok, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 38 (2023), pp. 1-20

4.    “Ishmael b. Piabi Burnt Two: A New Text from the Geniza on a Pharisee-Sadducee Debate”, JQR 112 (2022), pp. 357-377

5.    “Inseparable Considerations: The Origins, Redaction, and Text of the Bariata About the Script of the Torah in Tosefta Sanhedrin 4:7”, together with Prof. A. Schremer, JSIJ 22 (2022), pp. 1-21 (Hebrew)

6.    “Tosefta's Text Tradition in Light of Emendations on Pages from the Geniza”, Ginzei Qedem 18 (2022), pp. 153-176 (Hebrew)

7.    “On the Difficulties in Editing the Tosefta: The Fine Line Between Text, Interpretation and the Transformations of Tradition”, together with Prof. A. Schremer, JSIJ 20 (2021), pp. 1-13 (Hebrew)

8.    “The Characterization of Mitzvot and Conception of Halakha in Rabbinic non-halakhic Literature”, EJJS 15 (2020), pp. 183-200

9.    “Chapter Divisions and the Interpretation and Transmission of the Tosefta”, in Scribal Habits in Near Eastern Manuscript Traditions, edited by George A. Kiraz and Sabine Schmidtke, Piscataway 2020, pp. 83-106

10. “The Second-Hand Scribe: The Intellectual Environment of the Production of a Unique Tosefta Fragment from the Levant”, in Scribal Habits in Near Eastern Manuscript Traditions, edited by George A. Kiraz and Sabine Schmidtke, Piscataway 2020, pp. 107-124

11. “Bookbindings of Tosefta from Norcia and their Place in the Textual Tradition”, JSIJ 15 (2019), pp 1-17 (Hebrew)

12. “Chapters of the Tosefta: The Origin and Significance of the Differences in the Chapter Divisions”, Alei Sefer 28 (2018), pp. 7-30 (Hebrew)

13. “Was There a Separate Transmission of Tosefta Tohorot? Evidence from Rishonim and from Fragments of the Cairo Geniza and 'European Geniza'”, HUCA 88 (2017), pp. 29-54

14. “More to the Liturgical Formula 'God of our Fathers' in the Geonic Era”, in Ve-hinneh Rivka Yotzet: Essays in Jewish Studies in Honor of Rivka Dagan, ed. I. Dagan, Jerusalem 2017, pp. 191-194 (Hebrew)

15. “The Speech Verbs אמר and ברך in Liturgical Contexts in Rabbinic Literature”, Lešonenu 77 (2015), pp. 177-192 (Hebrew)

16. “'Four Cries Issued the Temple Courtyard': The Nature of a Genizah Tradition”, Ginzei Qedem 11 (2015), pp. 99-118 (Hebrew)

17. “A Story in Three Contexts: The Redaction of a Toseftan Pericope”, AJSR 38 (2014), pp. 109-127

18. “The Ascendancy of the House of Hillel and the Issue of Parallel Sources”, Sidra 27-28 (2013), pp. 339-351 (Hebrew)

19. “The Rabbinic list of the Five Muad Tortfeasors”, Shenaton Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri 27 (2013), pp. 175-199 (Hebrew)

20. “Blessings over Mitzvot in Eretz Israel and in Babylonia: Further to David Rosenthal, 'Tefillin Blessing in Eretz Israel and Babylonia'”, Tarbiz 79 (2010), pp. 385-387 (Hebrew)

21. “'God of our Fathers': Rabbinic Liturgy and Jewish–Christian Engagement”, JQR 99 (2009), pp. 303-322

22. “Nine at Once: A Study in the Mutability of Textual Tradition”, HUCA 80 (2009) pp. 39-62

23. “Did Rav Natronai Gaon Use the Tosefta in his Responsa”, Alei Sefer 20 (2008), pp. 17-27 (Hebrew)

24. “The Tannaitic Sources in 'Halachot Psukot'”, Shenaton Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri 25 (2008), pp. 199-216 (Hebrew)

25. “The Relationship Between the Baraitot in the Tosefta and Their Talmudic Parallels: the Evidence of Tractate Berachot”, HUCA 75 (2004), pp. 1-24 (Hebrew)

Edited Volumes

1.    Sidra 33 (2021), 207 pages + X (Hebrew)

2.    Sidra 34 (2022), 216 pages + XI (Hebrew)

3.    Sidra 35 (2023), 278 pages + X (Hebrew)

4.    Sidra 36 (2024), (forthcoming) (Hebrew)