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Absorbing perfections
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ISBN: 1281734861 9786611734862 0300135076 9780300135077 9781281734860 0300083793 9780300083798 Year: 2002 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press

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In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah-from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism-one of the world's foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the postbiblical Jewish world lost its geographical center with the destruction of the temple and so was left with a textual center, the Holy Book. Idel argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centered forms of mysticism.Against this background, the author demonstrates how various Jewish mystics amplified the content of the Scriptures so as to include everything: the world, or God, for example. Thus the text becomes a major realm for contemplation, and the interpretation of the text frequently becomes an encounter with the deepest realms of reality. Idel delineates the particular hermeneutics belonging to Jewish mysticism, investigates the progressive filling of the text with secrets and hidden levels of meaning, and considers in detail the various interpretive strategies needed to decodify the arcane dimensions of the text.

Traditions of the Bible
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ISBN: 0674039769 9780674039766 9780674791510 0674791517 Year: 1998 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press

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James Kugel's The Bible As It Was (1997) has been welcomed with universal praise. Here now is the full scholarly edition of this wonderfully rich and illuminating work, expanding the author's findings into an incomparable reference work. Focusing on two dozen core stories in the Pentateuch--from the Creation and Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and journey to the Promised Land--James Kugel shows us how the earliest interpreters of the scriptures radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today. Kugel explains how and why the writers of this formative age of interpretation--roughly 200 B.C.E. to 150 C.E.--assumed such a significant role. Mining their writings--including the Dead Sea Scrolls, works of Philo and Josephus and letters of the Apostle Paul, and writings of the Apostolic Fathers and the rabbinic Sages--he "es for us the seminal passages that uncover this crucial interpretive process. For this full-scale reference work Kugel has added a substantial treasury of sources and passages for each of the 24 Bible stories. It will serve as a unique guide and sourcebook for biblical interpretation.

The four stages of rabbinic Judaism
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ISBN: 1134646496 1280333847 0203012283 9780203012284 9780415195300 0415195306 9780415195317 0415195314 0415195306 0415195314 9781134646449 9781134646487 9781134646494 1134646488 Year: 1999 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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This concise volume provides a lucid introduction to the genesis and development of Rabbinic Judaism.Jacob Neusner outlines and examines the four stages in which the initial period of the historical development of Rabbinic Judaism divides, beginning with the Pentateuch and ending with its definitive and normative statement in the Talmud of Babylonia. He traces the development of Rabbinic Judaism by exploring the relationships between and among the cognate writings which embody its formative history.


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Opening the books of Moses
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ISBN: 1315539233 1134945868 178179006X 9781134945863 9781315539232 9781134946006 1134946007 9781134945931 1134945930 1845536843 9781845536848 9781845536855 1845536851 9781845536848 Year: 2012 Publisher: Durham : Acumen Publishing,

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Opening the Books of Moses presents an introduction to the first five books of the Bible. It is written for any student engaged in the scholarly study of these most central of biblical texts. The aim throughout is to examine the books with a view to illuminating the ideas, beliefs and experiences of the time. This broad overview provides: a survey of the current state of Pentateuchal research; an analysis of how the texts were shaped by their time and audience; an outline of Jewish areas in the Persian period; the study concludes with an analysis of key concerns in the study of the Pentateuch, notably the Torah, geography, ethnicity, the nature of Yahweh and other deities, theories of cult, treaties and oaths, and Moses himself.

A guide to the Zohar
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ISBN: 0804782911 9780804782913 0804749078 9780804749077 0804749086 9780804749084 Year: 2004 Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press,

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The Zohar is the great medieval compendium of Jewish esoteric and mystical teaching, and the basis of the kabbalistic faith. It is, however, a notoriously difficult text, full of hidden codes, concealed meanings, obscure symbols, and ecstatic expression. This illuminating study, based upon the last several decades of modern Zohar scholarship, unravels the historical and intellectual origins of this rich text and provides an excellent introduction to its themes, complex symbolism, narrative structure, and language. A Guide to the Zohar is thus an invaluable companion to the Zohar itself, as well as a useful resource for scholars and students interested in mystical literature, particularly that of the west, from the Middle Ages to the present.


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Torah
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ISBN: 1589836111 9781589836112 9781589839991 1589839994 1589835646 9781589835641 Year: 2011 Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature,


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The Bible knowledge commentary.
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ISBN: 083077291X 9780830772919 9780830772230 0830772235 Year: 2018 Publisher: Colorado Springs, Colorado : David C. Cook,


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Pedagogical theory of the Hebrew Bible
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ISBN: 1498228623 9781498228626 1498228615 9781498228619 9781498228633 1498228631 Year: 2016 Publisher: Eugene, Oregon

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Every generation must accept the responsibility of training the next. Yet, are modern Christian pastors and educators using teaching paradigms that impact memory and long-term memory retention? Pedagogical Theory of the Hebrew Bible is a cross-disciplinary book that connects religious education with active learning theory and demonstrates how these two areas are intimately connected within the biblical texts of Genesis through 2 Kings. Through vivid discussion of the literary texts, Adrian Hinkle demonstrates that religious educators never used isolated oral stories or instructions. Instead, t


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Thinking about the Torah
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ISBN: 0827613253 0827612982 9780827613256 9780827612624 0827612621 9780827612983 Year: 2016 Publisher: Philadelphia Lincoln


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This was from God
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ISBN: 1618115200 9781618115201 9781618115195 1618115197 Year: 2016 Publisher: Boston

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Publicly or secretly, traditional Jews increasingly doubt the historical reliability of the Torah. Here, Gellman provides an "old-fashioned" Jewish theology for accepting the contemporary critique of Torah and history. Gellman presents an outline of the scholarly conclusions, and then examines faith responses and rejects apologetic attempts to evade the challenge. The book elucidates the notions of Divine Providence and Divine Accommodation that then provide a basis for the thesis that for centuries Divine Providence has been guiding toward a non-historical, non-literal understanding of the Torah. This was from God. Gellman advocates Hasidic-type non-literal approaches as most fitting for our times. Then, in light of the book's thesis, Gellman offers his understanding of Torah from Heaven, prayer, and the continuing validity of the commandments, for present-day traditional Judaism.

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