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Back to the sources : reading the classic Jewish texts / edited by Barry W. Holtz.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Summit Books, ©1984.Description: 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0671454676
  • 9780671454678
  • 0671605968
  • 9780671605964
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 296.1 19
LOC classification:
  • BM496.5 .B33x 1984
NLM classification:
  • 296.1 B126
Other classification:
  • 11.21
  • BD 1230
Contents:
On reading Jewish texts / Barry W. Holtz -- Biblical narrative / Joel Rosenberg -- Biblical law / Edward L. Greenstein -- Biblical poetry / Murray H. Lichtenstein -- Talmud / Robert Goldenberg -- Midrash / Barry W. Holtz -- Medieval Bible commentaries / Edward L. Greenstein -- Medieval Jewish philosophy / Norbert M. Samuelson -- Kabbalistic texts / Lawrence Fine -- Teachings of the Hasidic masters / Arthur Green -- Prayer and the prayerbook / Alan Mintz.
Summary: "The first complete modern guide to the great books of the Jewish tradition: what they are and how to read them, by today's leading scholars"--Jacket subtitle. Scholars include Joel Rosenberg, Edward L. Greenstein, Murray H. Lichtenstein, Robert Goldenberg, Barry W. Holtz, Norbert M. Samuelson, Lawrence Fine, Arthur Green, and Alan Mintz.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BM 496.5 .B33 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 8463

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On reading Jewish texts / Barry W. Holtz -- Biblical narrative / Joel Rosenberg -- Biblical law / Edward L. Greenstein -- Biblical poetry / Murray H. Lichtenstein -- Talmud / Robert Goldenberg -- Midrash / Barry W. Holtz -- Medieval Bible commentaries / Edward L. Greenstein -- Medieval Jewish philosophy / Norbert M. Samuelson -- Kabbalistic texts / Lawrence Fine -- Teachings of the Hasidic masters / Arthur Green -- Prayer and the prayerbook / Alan Mintz.

"The first complete modern guide to the great books of the Jewish tradition: what they are and how to read them, by today's leading scholars"--Jacket subtitle. Scholars include Joel Rosenberg, Edward L. Greenstein, Murray H. Lichtenstein, Robert Goldenberg, Barry W. Holtz, Norbert M. Samuelson, Lawrence Fine, Arthur Green, and Alan Mintz.

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