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As usual, the experts get things backwards.
October 21, 2022
It’s Unlikely That the Rabbis Tried to Undermine the Story of a Talmudic Heroine
The “Bruriah episode” and a medieval scribal error.
Bruriah, the wife of the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Meir, is one of the Talmud’s most compelling female characters, and perhaps one its most compelling characters altogether. Praised repeatedly for her wisdom, erudition, and piety, she is depicted as contributing to the sages’ legal debates and conveying various teachings to her husband’s disciples. Yet according to the commentary of Rashi (France, 1040-1105), her life ended with adultery, suicide, and the flight of her disgraced husband to Babylonia, casting a pall on her legacy.
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