FINDINGS REGARDING A RESEARCH METHOD ON THE REDACTION OF TRACTATE ERUVIN IN THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD A REVIEW

This article is a review of the book by Professor Noah Aminoah on the redaction of the sugyot in Tractates Shabbat and Eruvin of the Talmud Bavli. This book joins a series of books published by the author on different tractates of the Talmud Bavli, following the same method. This is the first review of any of the books produced by his research on the Talmud’s tractates. The review in the article will address Tractate Eruvin and focus on the sources underlying the research, its main theme, the research method, redaction of the sugyot, and his proposals for resolving redaction problems or different problems that emerge from the sugyot. In this article, we will review the book’s chapters and present different examples of the sugyot’s redaction as evident from the author’s research, as well as the importance of the book and its contribution to redaction of sugyot in the Talmud Bavli.