Dr. Shana Strauch Schick is a lecturer in Talmud and Rabbinic Literature at Bar-Ilan University and teaches Talmud and Jewish Law at Drisha Institute in New York. Her publications range widely on subjects in rabbinic literature and include two books: Intention in Talmudic Law: Between Thought and Deed (Brill, 2021), and an upcoming monograph, Women in Rabbinic Law and Narrative: Vying Currents in Babylonian and Palestinian Texts (Brandeis), which elaborates on the topic of this article.
