Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet
Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet by Marc B. Shapiro 1. A story recently appeared alleging plagiarism in the writings of R. Yonah Metzger.[1] Such accusations are nothing…
Plagiarism, Citation, and Redemption
…Now on to more egregious issues – hard-core plagiarism. 2. PLAGIARISM IN PART Copying a chunk of text or some choice word phrases without proper attribution is also plagiarism. One example…
A Mild Case of Plagiarism: R. Abraham Kalmankes’ Ma’ayan Ha-Hokhmah
…of plagiarism.42 In terms of literary (as distinct from oral) plagiarism, a reasonable definition would seem to be: Plagiarism is the act of appropriating in print another person’s ideas, writings,…
R. Avraham ben haGra: A Victim of Plagiarism?
R. Avraham ben haGra: A Victim of Plagiarism? In several previous posts at the Seforim blog, I have discussed instances of plagiarism and, in this post, I would like to…
Tevie Kagan: The Enigmatic R. David Lida
…homily, after which Lida then proceeds to defend himself from the charges of plagiarism. Lida’s letter ends off with letters and signatures of approbation.. Charges of Plagiarism Charges of plagiarism…
Caught in the Act: An Unknown Admission of Plagiarism
…Tzvi Landau discussing Landau’s book Shulhan Melachim (Beregovo, 1931). In his comments on Landau’s book, Schwartz discusses plagiarism in general and notes that he is a victim of plagiarism and…
Stolen Title Pages: The Case of An Unknown Contemporary Plagiarist
…the plagiarism under discussion in this post is much worse than all of the above.[2] The plagiarism discussed in this post is limited to just changing the title page –…
A Puzzling Example of Plagiarism
One of the strange facts connected with plagiarism is that, at times, it is hard to discern what the motivation is to plagiarize. For example, we have seen a person…
Plagiarism I
…and those less so of instances of plagiarism. The first example, is perhaps the most well-known one, that of the work Mekore Minhagim. This work which in question and answer…
Lag Ba-Omer and Upsherins in Recent Jewish literature: Revisionist History and Borrowing and Plagiarism
Lag Ba-Omer and Upsherins in Recent Jewish literature: Revisionist History and Borrowing and Plagiarism By Eliezer Brodt In this post I would like to touch upon some of the topics…
On the Plagiarism of a Tach-ve-Tat Chronicle
On the Plagiarism of a Tach-ve-Tat Chronicle During this period, between the 17th of Tamuz and the 9th of Av, there is an increased focus upon various historical calamities that…
Two Notes on Censorship and Plagiarism on the Ramban’s Commentary on the Torah
…to R. Green at the time).[3] R. Greenes includes numerous examples of alleged plagiarisms and even explains that the footnotes with asterisks can be identified with the Techelet Mordechai. These,…
Rabbi Yehuda Henkin — Opposite of Plagiarism
…Tzniut–Modern Controversies in the Jewish Community (Urim). This is his first contribution to the Seforim blog. Opposite of Plagiarism Rabbi Yehuda Henkin Plagiarism is a lack of attribution; less common…
Plagiarism II (Talmudic Terminology): An Update by Marc Shapiro
…my book Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox a number of people pointed out to me that Nosson Rabinowich’s plagiarism of Mielziner is more extensive than what I point out. I…
Pesach Journals, Had Gadyah, Plagiarism & Bibliographical Errors
Two journals have put out special collections devoted to Pesach. The first, Moriah, has continued their holiday specific journals and collected their third volume of articles devoted to Pesach. Yeshurun,…