On the Antiquity of the Virginity Blessing

IF 0.1 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Zutot Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI:10.1163/18750214-bja10042

Shalem Yahalom

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Abstract

A variety of sources support the claim that different versions of the virginity blessing were recited throughout the Jewish communities during the Middle Ages. Despite its widespread use, the virginity blessing and confirmation ritual are not mentioned in the Talmud, and the wording of the blessing is first mentioned only in Sefer Halakhot gedolot. The absence of this blessing in earlier texts can be considered from two alternative perspectives. The first is that the blessing was composed after the Mishnah and Talmud were canonized. Alternatively, it was indeed an early blessing, but it was practiced in circles that operated outside the scholarly mainstream. Ruth Langer preferred the second possibility. This study will adopt Langer’s position that the blessing originated in the Land of Israel. It will show, however, that this blessing could not have been recited in ancient times and that it must have been a later development.

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关于童贞祝福的古老性

有多种资料支持这样的说法，即在中世纪，整个犹太社区都在传诵不同版本的贞操祝福语。尽管贞操祝福语和确认仪式被广泛使用，但《塔木德经》中并未提及，只有在《Sefer Halakhot gedolot》中才首次提及祝福语的措辞。可以从两个不同的角度来看待早期文本中没有这一祝福语的问题。第一种观点认为，该祝福语是在《米示拿》和《塔木德》法典化之后创作的。另一种情况是，它确实是早期的祝福语，但在学术主流之外的圈子里流传。露丝-朗格倾向于第二种可能性。本研究将采纳朗格的观点，即祝福语起源于以色列。不过，本研究将说明，这一祝福语不可能在古代就被吟诵，它一定是后来才发展起来的。

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