Title
- The Sacred Literature Series
Attribution
selected and translated with an introduction by Yitzhak Tzvi LangermannPublication Details
Book1st edHarperSanFrancisco1996Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) BM512 .Y46 1996 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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In this anthology of midrashim, eight Yemeni authors explore the means of ethical and intellectual achievement, the structure of the universe, the natural world, human existence, prophecy, miracles, Jewish law and practices, and the essence of allegory, parable, and symbol. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Places in this work
Contents
- 1. The Path to Knowledge
- 2. Cosmology
- 3. Science and Nature
- 4. Humanity
- 5. Halakhah
- 6. Prayer and Worship
- 7. Ethics
- 8. Reward and Punishment
- 9. Israel and Other Faiths
- 10. Prophecy
- 11. Miracles
- 12. Allegory, Parable and Symbol
- 13. Scripture and its Interpretation
- Appendix One: The Midrashic Authors
- Appendix Two: Ta’wil and Other Approaches
- Appendix Three: The Reception of Maimonides
- Appendix Four: The Resurrection Controversy in the Yemen
ISBN
- 0060653914
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