Table of Contents Who Came First, Ezra or Nehemiah? The Synchronistic Approach Aaron Demsky, Bar-llan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel The Song of Abraham Steven Weitzman, /ndiana University Is There a Doctrine of “Collective Retribution” in the Hebrew Bible? Joze Krasovec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia The Meaning of Kis6r (Proverbs 31:19) Al Wolters, Redeemer College, Ancaster, Ontario “Both are the Words of the Living God”: A Typological Analysis of Halakhic Pluralism Avi Sagi, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel “Wasted Seed,” The History of a Rabbinic Idea Michael L. Satlow, University of Virginia Rhetorical Strategy and Dialectical Necessity in the Babylonian Talmud: The Case of Kiddushin 34a-35a Jay Rovner, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York Gersonides on the Role of the Active Intellect in Human Cognition Menachem Kellner, University of Haifa, Israel Pen and Scissors: A Medieval Debate Susan L. Einbinder, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati NIpad y"aN NWI? PWIWI PP y-‘o nwa Maw “pwn, Nissan Netzer, Bar-llan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel