'Sefer Yesirah' and Its Contexts - Other Jewish Voices

In "Sefer Yesirah" and Its Contexts, Tzahi Weiss explores anew the contested history of Sefer Yesirah, in the process extending our knowledge of Jewish intellectual traditions excluded from rabbinic canon.

Sommario

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 Ye¿irah
Chapter 4. Sounds of Silence: Sefer Ye¿irah Before the Tenth Century
Chapter 5. Reevaluating the Scientific Phase of Sefer Ye¿irah
Epilogue
Appendices
1. Sefer Ye¿irah and the Early Islamic Science of Letters
2. Sefer Ye¿irah's Long Version, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 66a-71b, with the English Translations of Peter A. Hayman
3. The Midrash About Sefer Ye¿irah and Ben Sira, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 65a-66a
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Info autore

Tzahi Weiss is Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Hebrew Literature at the Open University of Israel.

Riassunto

In "Sefer Yesirah" and Its Contexts, Tzahi Weiss explores anew the contested history of Sefer Yesirah, in the process extending our knowledge of Jewish intellectual traditions excluded from rabbinic canon.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tzahi Weiss
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780812249903
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4990-3
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An; Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo