ḥeleḳ 1. ha-Petiḥah : ha-Shem ha-meforash, En ʻod mi-levado, Torat emet ; Shaʻar 1. Matan Torah : ha-Torah she-ḳibel Mosheh mi-Sinai, ha-Shekhinah ṿeha-dibur be-Sinai uva-Ohel moʻed, seder ha-parashiyot shel matan Torah, Mosheh Rabenu ṿe-talmidaṿ ; Shaʻar 2. ha-Neviʼim : ha-Zeḳenim, ha-Shofṭim, ha-Neviʼim, Anshe keneset ha-gedolah -- ḥeleḳ 2. Shaʻar 3. ha-Tanaʼim : Bayit sheni, Yavneh, Bet Hilel u-Vet Shamai, R. ʻAḳiva ṿe-talmidaṿ, R. Yehudah ha-Naśi ; Shaʻar 4. ha-Amoraʼim : ha-dor ha-rishon shel ha-Amoraʼim, ha-dor ha-sheni ha-shelishi ṿeha-reviʻi shel ha-Amoraʼim (...) ; Shaʻar 5. ha-Rishonim, ha-Aḥaronim ṿeha-Geʼonim. (shrink)

Since the publication of our article on Thucydides and the Plague of Athens, Dr Heinrich von Staden of Yale University has kindly drawn our attention to a paper by Eby and Evjen suggesting that the Plague was glanders. We do not think that this diagnosis can possibly be correct, though there are undoubtedly some points in its favour. The authors have argued their case as persuasively as possible, and the proposal has sufficient merit to deserve a serious reply.