02515nam 2200577 450 991081688140332120200520144314.00-7657-0995-3(CKB)2550000001251055(EBL)1659894(SSID)ssj0001132132(PQKBManifestationID)12488683(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132132(PQKBWorkID)11147003(PQKB)11159677(MiAaPQ)EBC1659894(Au-PeEL)EBL1659894(CaPaEBR)ebr10854912(CaONFJC)MIL586067(OCoLC)877868163(iGPub)ROWMANB0006091(EXLCZ)99255000000125105520140411h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEssential figures in Jewish scholarship /Ronald L. EisenbergLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :Jason Aronson,2014.©20141 online resource (397 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7657-0993-7 1-306-54816-0 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Acronyms for Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: History; GEONIC PERIOD; ERA OF THE RISHONIM; ERA OF THE ACHARONIM; MODERN ERA (1700-PRESENT DAY); HASIDISM; Appendix A: Complete List of Figures; Appendix B: Major Works; Glossary; Important Sources; About the AuthorEssential Figures in Jewish Scholarship compiles thorough but manageable entries on the figures most vital to an understanding the scholarship of the post-Talmudic era. Despite the fact that these scholars have been of great importance to the continued interpretation of religious texts for more than a millennium, they are typically not given as much attention as their Talmudic-era predecessors. In this valuable reference, Dr. Ronald L. Eisenberg catalogs and explains the importance of more than two hundred figures who are most vital to an uRabbisBiographyDictionariesJewsBiographyDictionariesRabbisJews296.1/80922Eisenberg Ronald L.303710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816881403321Essential figures in Jewish scholarship3960315UNINA