Education
Elman received his Master of Arts in Assyriology from Columbia University and his Doctor of Philosophy in Talmud from New York University.
Elman received his Master of Arts in Assyriology from Columbia University and his Doctor of Philosophy in Talmud from New York University.
His research interests center around Talmud and rabbinic literature of nearly all periods and genres, including rabbinic theology, unfolding systems of rabbinic legal exegesis, and the cultural context of classical rabbinic texts. He is researching the relation of the Babylonian Jewish community of Talmudic times to the surrounding Middle Persian culture and religions.
(Book by Kaplan, Aryeh, Elman, Yaakov, Lipschutz, Israel)
(Book by Elman, Yaakov)