Sefer Yeṣirah and its contexts: other Jewish voices

Sefer Yeṣirah, or "Book of Formation," is one of the most influential Jewish compositions of late antiquity. First attested to in the tenth century C.E. and attributed by some to the patriarch Abraham himself, Sefer Yeṣirah claims that the world was created by the powers of the decimal num...

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Main Author: Ṿays, Tsaḥi 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ṿays, Tsaḥi, 1978-, Sefer Yeṣirah and its contexts] (2021) (Bellusci, Alessia)
Series/Journal:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sefer Yezirah
Further subjects:B Religious Studies
B Religion
B Jewish cosmology
B Cabala
B Cabala Early works to 1800
B Jewish Studies
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505 8 0 |a Frontmatter -- -- 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 -- -- Acknowledgments 
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