Binding Fragments of Tractate Temurah and the Problem of Lishana ’Aḥarina offers a critical edition of an important Talmud manuscript of tractate Temurah discovered in the library of New York University. Addressing the unique Lishana ’Aḥarina (“alternative version”) phenomenon present in this tractate, the present volume suggests a new approach for understanding the editing and transmission of tractate Temurah. This volume also includes a thorough discussion of the conservation and treatment of the manuscript fragments, a codicological and paleographical analysis of the fragments, and a synopsis of the entire first chapter of this tractate. The present work is relevant for study of the redaction and transmission of tractate Temurah and the Babylonian Talmud, as well as for the study of Hebrew binding fragments.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements List of Figures and Plates Introduction Lishana ’Aḥarina  Early Views on Lishana ’Aḥarina  Jacob Nachum Halevy Epstein  Eliezer Shimshon Rosenthal  Additional Discussions of Lishana ’Aḥarina  New Observations from a Reexamination of the Evidence  Towards a New Theory of Tractate Temurah  Lishana ’Aḥarina: The Evidence of Medieval Sources  Conclusions The Conservation of Six Talmudic Manuscript Fragments from the Bindings of Three Early 17th Century Choral Books  Anne Hillam, Laura McCann, and Marvin J. Taylor  Figures 1–6 A Codicological and Paleographical Analysis of the Sabbateni Hebrew Binding Fragments — Bavli Temurah Chapter 1  Edna Engel  A Proposed Model of the Original Manuscript’s Layout  Codicological and Scribal Graphic Features  Scribal Graphic Features (Figure 17)  Script  Conclusions  Figures 7–25 Edition of the Manuscript with Critical Notes  Synopsis of the lishana ’aḥarina on Temurah 6a Synopses of NYU Manuscript of BT Temurah, Chapter 1  Synopsis 1: Frag. 1 Recto, Col. 1 [Septimus Rear Board Front 007; Plates 1 & 2] Temurah 3b  Synopsis 2: Frag. 1 Recto, Col. 2 [Septimus Rear Board Front 007; Plates 1 & 2] Temurah 3b  Synopsis 3: Frag. 1 Verso, Col. 1 [Septimus Rear Board Reverse 008; Plates 3 & 4] Temurah 4a  Synopsis 4: Frag. 1 Verso, Col. 2 [Septimus Rear Board Reverse 008; Plates 3 & 4] Temurah 4b  Synopsis 5: Frag. 2 Verso, Col. 1 [Septimus Front Board Reverse 006; Plates 7 & 8] Temurah 5a  Synopsis 6: Frag. 2 Verso, Col. 2 [Septimus Front Board Reverse 006; Plates 7 & 8] Temurah 5a  Synopsis 7: Frag. 2 Recto, Col. 1 [Septimus Front Board Front 005; Plates 5 & 6] Temurah 5b  Synopsis 8: Frag. 2 Recto, Col. 2 [Septimus Front Board Front 005; Plates 5 & 6] Temurah 5b  Synopsis 9: Frag. 3 Recto, Col. 1 [Tenor Front Board Front 009; Plates 9, 10, & 25] Temurah 5b  Synopsis 10: Frag. 3 Recto, Col. 2 [Tenor Front Board Front 009; Plates 9 & 10] Temurah 6a  Synopsis 11: Frag. 3 Verso, Col. 1 [Tenor Front Board Reverse 010; Plates 11 & 12] Temurah 6b–6a  Synopsis 12: Frag. 3 Verso, Col. 2 [Tenor Front Board Reverse 010; Plates 11, 12, & 26] Temurah 6b  Synopsis 13: Frag. 4 Recto, Col. 1 [Tenor Rear Board Front 011; Plates 13 & 14] Temurah 9b  Synopsis 14: Frag. 5 Recto, Col. 1 [Cantus Rear Board Front 003; Plates 17 & 18] Temurah 9b  Synopsis 15: Frag. 4 Recto, Col. 2 [Tenor Rear Board Front 011; Plates 13 & 14] Temurah 9b–10a  Synopsis 16: Frag. 5 Recto, Col. 2 [Cantus Rear Board Front 003; Plates 17 & 18] Temurah 10a  Synopsis 17: Frag. 4 Verso, Col. 1 [Tenor Rear Board Reverse 012; Plates 15 & 16] Temurah 10a–10b  Synopsis 18: Frag. 5 Verso, Col. 1 [Cantus Rear Board Reverse 004; Plates 19 & 20] Temurah 10b  Synopsis 19: Frag. 4 Verso, Col. 2 [Tenor Rear Board Reverse 012; Plates 15 & 16] Temurah 10b  Synopsis 20: Frag. 5 Verso, Col. 2 [Cantus Rear Board Reverse 004; Plates 19 & 20] Temurah 10b  Synopsis 21: Frag. 6 Verso, Col. 1 [Cantus Front Board Reverse 002; Plates 23 & 24] Temurah 12b–13a  Synopsis 22: Frag. 6 Verso, Col. 2 [Cantus Front Board Reverse 002; Plates 23 & 24] Temurah 13a  Synopsis 23: Frag. 6 Recto, Col. 1 [Cantus Front Board Front 001; Plates 21 & 22] Temurah 13b  Synopsis 24: Frag. 6 Recto, Col. 2 [Cantus Front Board Front 001; Plates 21 & 22] Temurah 13b Bibliography Index