04181oam 2200685I 450 991077880440332120230802004342.01-136-65183-71-283-44297-397866134429701-136-65184-50-203-80594-110.4324/9780203805947 (CKB)2550000000079444(EBL)843414(OCoLC)773567122(SSID)ssj0000640361(PQKBManifestationID)12295368(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640361(PQKBWorkID)10611767(PQKB)11547202(MiAaPQ)EBC843414(Au-PeEL)EBL843414(CaPaEBR)ebr10527695(CaONFJC)MIL344297(OCoLC)779451481(FINmELB)ELB136271(EXLCZ)99255000000007944420180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading Jewish religious texts /Eliezer SegalMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (236 p.)Reading religious texts seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-58822-7 0-415-58821-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Reading Jewish Religious Texts; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1.Prayers and liturgical texts; Daily prayer: The eighteen blessings; From the additional service for festivals; From the additional service for Rosh Hashanah; Various liturgical blessings; The Passover Haggadah; Piyyut-Hebrew liturgical poetry; T'khinnes; 2.Aggadah and Midrash; Halakhic Midrash; Aggadic Midrash: homiletic; Aggadic Midrash: exegetical; 3.The literature of halakhic discourse; Passages from the Torah; Mishnah; The Babylonian Talmud; The Babylonian Geonim; The Sephardic codes of Jewish lawRashi and the medieval French and German commentatorsLater halakhic authorities; 4. Jewish bible commentaries; Interpreting Balak; 5.Philosophy and rational theology; From: Saadiah Gaon's The Book of Doctrines and Opinions; Bahya Ibn Paquda; Moses Maimonides; Judah Halevi, Kuzari; Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook; 6.Esoteric, mystical and kabbalistic texts; MishnahHagigah 2:1; ToseftaHagigah 2:2; Babylonian TalmudH.agigah; ToseftaHagigah; "Heikhalot" mysticism; Kabbalah and the symbolism of the ten sefirot; Abraham Abulafia; The Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria; Rabbi Joseph Caro's Maggid Meisharim7.Moralistic and ethical writingsMishnah Avot chapter 4; BahyaIbn Paquda; The Book of the Pious; The discourses of Rabbi Nissim ben Reuben of Gerona; The memoirs of Glueckel of Hameln; Rabbi Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, The Path of the Upright; Hasidic stories; Hasidicteachings: Rabbi Elimelech of Lyzhansk; Timeline of Jewish religious texts and authors; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography of Jewish religious texts in English; IndexReading Jewish Religious Texts introduces students to a range of significant post-biblical Jewish writing. It covers diverse genres such as prayer and liturgical poetry, biblical interpretation, religious law, philosophy, mysticism and works of ethical instruction. Each text is newly translated into English and accompanied by a detailed explanation to help clarify the concepts and arguments. The commentary also situates the work within its broader historical and ideological context, giving readers an enhanced appreciation of its place in the Jewish religious experience. This volumeReading religious texts series.JudaismHistorySourcesRabbinical literatureHistory and criticismJudaismHistoryRabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.296.1Segal Eliezer.802010MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778804403321Reading Jewish religious texts3736524UNINA