Sefer Yesirah and Its Contexts: Other Jewish Voices
In "Sefer Yeṣirah" and Its Contexts, Tzahi Weiss explores anew the contested history of Sefer Yeṣirah, in the process extending our knowledge of Jewish intellectual traditions excluded from rabbinic canon
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Weiss, Tzahi: Sefer Yesirah and Its Contexts : Other Jewish Voices. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2018. - 9780812249903 |
| Summary: | In "Sefer Yeṣirah" and Its Contexts, Tzahi Weiss explores anew the contested history of Sefer Yeṣirah, in the process extending our knowledge of Jewish intellectual traditions excluded from rabbinic canon Cover -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration of the Hebrew Alphabet -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Discussions About Alphabetical Letters in Non-Jewish Sources of Late Antiquity -- Chapter 2. The Creation of the World from the Letters of the Ineffable Name -- Chapter 3. The Creation of the World from Twenty-Two Letters and the Syriac Context of Sefer Yeṣirah -- Chapter 4. Sounds of Silence: Sefer Yeṣirah Before the Tenth Century -- Chapter 5. Reevaluating the Scientific Phase of Sefer Yeṣirah -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Sefer Yeṣirah and the Early Islamic Science of Letters -- Appendix 2. Sefer Yeṣirah's Long Version, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 66a-71b, with the English Translations of Peter A. Hayman -- Appendix 3. The Midrash About Sefer Yeṣirah and Ben Sira, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 65a-66a -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments |
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| ISBN: | 0812294793 |