Back To The Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts - Softcover

Holtz, Barry W.

 
9780671605964: Back To The Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts

Synopsis

Essays analyze the major traditional texts of Judaism from literary, historical, philosophical, and religious points of view.

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About the Author

Barry W. Holtz, born in Boston, is the Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary. Holtz received completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts University and his doctorate from Brandeis University in English and American Literature. He is the author of many books including Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud and Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today.

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With chapters written by leading scholars specifically for this volume, 'Back to the Sources' is the first comprehensive guide to this literary legacy: the Bible, the Talmud, the midrashic literature, the commentaries, the legal codes, the mystical texts of the Kabbalah and of Hasidism, the philosophical works and the prayerbook.

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ISBN 10:  0671454676 ISBN 13:  9780671454678
Publisher: Summit Books, 1984
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