Prof. Eliezer Lorne Segal

Publications

• Beasts That Teach, Birds That Tell: Animal Language in Rabbinic and Classical Literatures. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Library. (2019)
• Chronicles and Commentaries. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Library. (2015)
• A Time for Every Purpose. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Libary. (2015)
• The Most Precious Possession: The Ring of Polycrates in Ancient Religious Narratives. Segal, Eliezer. Peter Lang: American University Studies. (2014)
• On the Trails of Tradition: Explorations of Jewish Life and Learning. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Library. (2011)
• For Signs and for Seasons. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Library. (2011)
• Reading Jewish Religious Texts. Segal, Eliezer. Routledge. (2011)
• Judaism—the eBook. Segal, Eliezer. Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books. (2008)
• Introducing Judaism. Segal, Eliezer. Routledge. (2008)
• Sanctified Seasons. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Library. (2008)
• A Meeting-Place for the Wise: More Excursions into the Jewish Past and Present. Segal, Eliezer. Alberta Judaic Library. (2008)
• In Those Days, at This Time: Holiness and History in the Jewish Calendar. Segal, Eliezer. University of Calgary Press. (2007)
• From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia. Segal, ElieΩer. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. (2005)
• Ask Now of the Days That Are Past. University of Calgary Press. (2005)
• Holidays, History and Halakhah. Segal, Eliezer. Jason Aronson. (2001)
• Why Didn’t I Learn That in Hebrew School?. Segal, Eliezer. Jason Aronson. (1999)
• The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary Volume One: To the End of Esther Chapter 1. Segal, Eliezer. Brown Judaic Studies. (1992)
• The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary (Volume Two: To the Beginning of Esther Chapter 5). Segal, Eliezer. Brown Judaic Studies. (1993)
• The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary (Volume Three: Esther Chapter 5 to End). Segal, Eliezer. Brown Judaic Studies. (1994)
• Case Citation in the Babylonian Talmud: The Evidence of Tractate Neziqin. Segal, Eliezer. Brown Judaic Studies. (1990)
• Uncle Eli's Special-for-Kids, Most Fun Ever, Under-the-Table Passover Haggadah. Eliezer Segal (Author), Bonnie Gordon Lucas (Illustrator). NoStarch Press. (1999)
• Uncle Eli Repents. Eliezer Segal (Author), Bonnie Gordon-Lucas (Illustrator). CreateSpace. (2014)
• Re’eh: Ethical Consumption. Diana Lipton, ed.. Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah. 255-262. (2017)
• Entries: "Omer"; "Oral Torah"; "Halakhah". E. Orlin, ed.. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. 383, 670, 675. (2015)
• Haman: Rabbinic Judaism. Klauck, Hans-Josef, et al., eds.. Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception . 1:83-84. (2015)
• Esther (Book and Person): Judaism: Rabbinic Judaism. Klauck, Hans-Josef, et al., eds.. Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. 8: 19-21. (2014)
• Judaism and Food. Paul B. Thompson and David M. Kaplan, eds.. Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. 1308-1315. (2013)
• Judaism: Contemporary Expressions. Michael D. Palmer, Stanley M. Burgess, eds.. The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice. 190-203. (2010)
• From Glutton to Gangster. Aubrey Glazer, Justin Lewis, Tzemah Yoreh, eds.. Vixens Disturbing Vineyards: The Embarrassment and Embracement of Scriptures—A Festschrift Honoring Harry Fox Le'Veit Yoreh. 246-265. (2009)
• The Parnass, the Gabbai and the Ritual Committee. Sandra Morton Weizman and Agnes Romer Segal, eds.. The House that Jacob Built: Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, Alberta Centennial Commemorative Book. 60-61. (2009)
• The Concept of Diaspora in Talmudic Thought. A. M. Ehrlich, ed.. Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora. 1:4-8. (2008)
• Aristeas or Aggadah: Talmudic Legend and the Greek Bible in Palestinian Judaism. W. O. McCready and A. Reinhartz, eds.. Common Judaism: Explorations in Second-Temple Judaism. 159-172, 286-292. (2008)
• Entries: "Berakhot", "Bikkurim", "Demai". Hallah", "Kilayim", "Ma‘aser Sheni". Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, eds.. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 3:399-400, 3:697, 5:547-548, 8:278, 12:154, 13:314. (2007)
• Digital Discipleship: Using the Internet for the Teaching of Jewish Thought. H. Kreisel, ed.. Study and Knowledge in Jewish Thought, The Goldstein-Goren Library of Jewish Thought . 359-373. (2006)
• Disarming Phineas: Rabbinic Confrontations with Biblical Militancy. D. Hawkin, ed.. The Twenty-first Century Confronts Its Gods: Studies in the Interaction between Religion and Society. 141-156. (2004)
• Anthological Dimensions of the Babylonian Talmud. D. Stern, ed.. The Anthology in Jewish Literature. 81-107. (2004)
• Jewish Perspectives on Restorative Justice. M. Hadley, ed.. The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice. 181-198. (2001)
• Judaism. H. Coward, ed.. Experiencing Scripture in World Religions. 15-33. (2000)
• Apéndice Documental: C. Poesias Encomiásticas Proemiales a Abraham Gómez Silveira En Sus Sermones (1677).. Kenneth Brown and Harm Den Boer, eds.. El Barroco Sefardí Abraham Gómez Silveira: Arévalo, Prov. De Avila, Castilla 1656 -- Amsterdam 1741: Estudio Preliminar, Obras Líricas, Vejámenes En Prosa Y Verso Y Documentación Personal. 256-260. (2000)
• Judaism. H. Coward, ed.. Life After Death in the World Religions. 11-30. (1997)
• Unit 8: The Oral Law…The Mishnah, Jerusalem to Jabneh. I. Gottlieb [et al]. Everyman's University, Israel. (1981)
• Towards a Definition of 'the Era of the Sages. Daat 86. 63-72. (2018)
• A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way to Sodom. Journal for the Study of Judaism 46. 103-129. (2015)
• Rabbi Eleazar’s Perutah. Journal of Religion 85. 25-42. (2005)
• Entries: "B'nai Brith", "Falashas", "Ginsberg, H.L." "Glueck, N.", "Goldin, J.", "Gordis, R." (), "Hebrew University of Jerusalem", "Heschel, A. J.", "Jewish Congress, American", "Jewish Congress, World", "Talmud", "Torah" . J.D. Douglas, ed.. Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. 113, 321-2, 356, 358, 362, 363, 363, 383, 389-390, 461-462, 462, 807-808, 829-830. (1990)
• "The Few Contained the Many": Rabbinic Perspectives on the Miraculous and the Impossible. Journal of Jewish Studies 54. 273-282. (2003)
• "Associative" Organization in the Talmud: Some Reconsiderations. Papers of the Chair in Quebec and Canadian Jewish Studies. (1999)
• Anthological Dimensions of the Babylonian Talmud. Prooftexts 17. 33-61. (1997)
• Interpreting Midrash 3: Midrash and the Tannaitic Aggada. Prooftexts 12. 188-192. (1992)
• The Exegetical Craft of the Zohar: Towards an Appreciation. AJS Review 17. 31-49. (1991)
• Sarah and Iscah: Method and Message in a Midrashic Tradition. Jewish Quarterly Review 82. 417-430. (1991)
• Justice, Mercy and a Bird’s Nest. Journal of Jewish Studies 42. 176-195. (1991)
• Midrash and Literature: Some Medieval Views. Prooftexts 11. 57-65. (1991)
• Human Anger and Divine Intervention in Esther. Prooftexts 9. 247-256. (1989)
• Law as Allegory? An Unnoticed Literary Device in Talmudic Narratives. Prooftexts 8. 245-256. (1988)
• The Petihta in Babylonia. Tarbiz 54. 19-46. (1985)
• The Textual Tradition of the Columbia University Manuscript of TB Megillah. Tarbiz 53. 31-59. (1982)
• "The Same from Beginning to End..." — on the Development of a Midrashic Homily. Journal of Jewish Studies 32. 158-165. (1981)
• Marginal Glosses in the Bodlean Copy of TB Megillah Pesaro Edition. Alei Sefer 9. 130-139. (1981)
• "The Goat of the Slaughterhouse..." -- on the Evolution of a Variant Reading in the Babylonian Talmud. Tabriz 49. 43-51. (1980)
• Kenisah/Kenesah—Morphological-Semantic Distinction in a Mishnaic Hebrew Verbal Noun. Lehonenu 43. 157-160. (1979)
• The Use of the Formula ki ha de in the Citation of Cases in the Babylonian Talmud. Hebrew Union College Annual 50. 199-218. (1979)
• Variant Traditions of Cases in the Babylonian Talmud. Jewish Quarterly Review 70. 1-27. (1979)
• The Terminology of Case-Citation in the Babylonian Talmud. Journal for the Study of Judaism 9. 205-211. (1979)
• Aggadic Collections . Harvard Law School Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law: Conference on "What is the Talmud?" (Zoom). (2022)
• Gunsmoke & Gemara: Depictions of Jewish Life in Classic TV Westerns. Zoom presentation for Congregations Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck NJ and House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary. (2022)
• Lord – and Lady – of the Flies. Meeting of American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature and American Schools of Oriental Research Pacific Northwest Region. (2014)
• Aristeas or Aggadah: Talmudic Legend and the Greek Bible in Palestinian Judaism. Conference on "Common Judaism Explored: Second Temple Judaism in Context," Calgary Institute for the Humanities. (2005)
• Alternative E-Publishing: Reality and Practice. Workshop on "New Models in Academic Publishing: Dispelling the Myth" sponsored by University of Calgary Information Resources. (2002)
• Digital Discipleship: Using the Internet for the Teaching of Jewish Thought. International Conference on "Study and knowledge in Jewish Thought," Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. (2004)
• From there to here, from here to there / Seuss-ifying Hebrew prayer. Faculty Colloquium "Across Cultural Boundaries" Faculty of Humanities, University of Calgary. (2001)
• The Temple as a Source of Unity and Conflict (So What Else is New?). "History, Issues, and Ideas--Lost Worlds: Jewish Life, Roman World," workshop organized by the University of Victoria Department of Greek and Roman Studies and Division of Continuing Studies, and Victoria Jewish Community Centre; University of Victoria. (2001)
• Presenting and Teaching the Talmud on the Internet. "Talmud Bavli--History of Transmission as History of Intertextuality," Workshop organized by the Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschungskolleg "Medien und kulturelle Kommunikation" of the University of Cologne, Germany. (2001)
• Seventy Faces to the LXX: The Rabbinic Tradition on the Greek Translation of the Pentateuch Revisited. Greenfield Scholars Seminar, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. (2000)
• Little Contained Much': On the Sages' Attitude towards Philosophical Discourse. International Conference on Jewish Thought and Foreign Cultures: "Judaism and the World-- Interaction, Influence and Impact," Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel. (2000)
• Towards a Definition of "the Era of the Sages". Second Annual Conference on Research in Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. (1999)
• Variants, Traditions and the Meaning of Prophecy. "Theories of the Text" an interdisciplinary workshop and panel discussion, University of Calgary Philology Research Group. (1999)
• Associative' Organization in the Talmud: Some Reconsiderations. Conference "A Heritage in Transition: Jewish Studies in Canada" sponsored by the Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies of Concordia University and the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, Montreal. (1996)
• The Distinctiveness of Babylonian Aggadah: Reflections on the Esther-Midrash. Canadian Society for Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Calgary. (1994)
• Aims and Means in the Preparation of Critical Editions of Tractates from the Babylonian Talmud. Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (1993)
• The Law of Retaliation. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research into Religious Studies and Theology, University of Alberta. (1991)
• Peace or Victory? -- The Meaning of Purim in the Bible and Talmud. Canadian Society for Biblical Studies Conference on "Reading the Bible," University of Calgary. (1990)
• Derash in Spite of Peshat: Some Medieval Justifications for Creative Exegesis. Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston. (1989)
• Case Citation, Wishful Thinking and Some Misunderstood Talmudic Terms. Association for Jewish Studies Twentieth Annual Conference, Boston. (1988)
• The TB Megillah Esther Midrash and the Study of Babylonian Aggadah. Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston. (1987)
• Megillah No.1: The Whole Megillah. Eliezer Segal (guest speaker), Adina Karp (executive producer, interviewer). Interleaved: A Talmudic Podcast. (2021)
• ‪Review of: K. Lindbeck, Elijah and the Rabbis: Story and Theology. 
H-Judaic. (2011)
• ‪Review of: P. Schäfer, The Origins of Jewish Mysticism. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29:3. 158-160. (2011)
• Review of: E. Diamond, Holy Men and Hunger Artists: Fasting and Asceticism in Rabbinic Culture. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 73:3. 911-913. (2005)
• Review of: A. Goldberg, Tosefta Bava Kamma: A Structural and Analytic Commentary with a Mishna-Tosefta Synopsis. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 123.1. 662-664. (2004)
• Review of: P. Heger, The Pluralistic Halakhah: Legal Innovations in the Late Second Commonwealth and Rabbinic Periods. Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses, 32:4. 520-522. (2003)
• 
Review of: M. Lockshin, Rashbam's Commentary to Leviticus and Numbers. Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses, 32:1-2. 212-214. (2003)
• ‪Review of: A. Cohen, Ravina ve-Hakhmei Doro. Jewish Quarterly Review 93:3-4. 675-677. (2003)
• Review of: M. L. Satlow, Jewish Marriage in Antiquity. Journal of Religion, 83:1. 162-164. (2003)
• Review of: J. I. Rubenstein, Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, and Culture. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 69:4. 953-956. (2002)
• Review of: H. Fox and T. Meacham, eds., Introducing Tosefta: Textual and Intertextual Studies. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 121:3. 502-503. (2001)
• Review of David Novak, Natural Law in Judaism. Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses 29. 246-247. (2000)
• Review of: A. Houtman, A Synoptic Comparison of the Tractates Berakhot and Shebiit. Hebrew Studies 40. 365-367. (1999)
• Review of: J. Lightstone, The Rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud, Its Social Meaning and Context. Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses 24:4. 506-508. (1995)
• Review of: R. Kalmin, Sages, Stories, Authors and Editors in Rabbinic Babylonia. Religious Studies Review. 432. (1995)
• Review of: B. Walfish, Esther in Medieval Garb: Jewish interpretations of Esther. Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses 24:3. 371-372. (1994)
• Review of: P. Alexander, Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism. Religious Studies and Theology 13-14. 110-111. (1995)
• Review of: J. Neusner, The Way of Torah. Religious Studies and Theology 11:1. 45-46. (1992)
• ‪Review of: M. Doohan Mark—Visionary of Early Christianity. Religious Studies and Theology 8:3. 53-54. (1988)
• ‪Review of: S. T. Lachs, A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament. Religious Studies and Theology 8. 57-58. (1988)
• ‪Review of: E. Goldsmith and M. Scult, eds., Dynamic Judaism: The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan. Religious Studies and Theology 8. 85-88. (1988)
• Review of: Donald Georgen, O.P., The Mission and Ministry of Jesus. Religious Studies and Theology 7:2-3. 88-90. (1987)
• ‪Review of: J. Osterreicher, The New Encounter Between Christians and Jews. Religious Studies and Theology 6:3. 68-70. (1986)
• Review of: E.H. Flannery, The Anguish of the Jews. Religious Studies and Theology 6:3. 66-67. (1986)
• Transitional Period in Talmudic Judaism (review article of B. M. Bokser, Post Mishnaic Judaism in Transition: Samuel on Breakout and the Beginnings of Gemara). Tarbiz 51. 315-318. (1982)