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Last CopiesIggud - Selected Essays in Jewish Studies, Vol. 3 Languages, Literatures, Arts Editors: Tamar Alexander-Frizer, Yosef Tobi, Dan Laor, Ora Schwartwald, and Ziva Amishai-Maisels Full Table of Contents Iggud: Selected Essays in Jewish Studies: Articles published in the Iggud Volumes will be based on the best lectures which were given in the World Congress for Jewish Studies held in Jerusalem once every 4 years, and these volumes will therefore replace the Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies which have been published thus far. In the first volumes of Iggud (1-3) were gathered articles based on lectures given on the 14th Congress held in August 2005.
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Last CopiesIggud - Selected Essays in Jewish Studies, Vol. 2 History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewish Society Editors: Gershon C. Bacon, Albert Baumgarten, Jacob Barnai, Haim Waxman, and Israel Yuval Full Table of Contents Iggud: Selected Essays in Jewish Studies: Articles published in the Iggud Volumes will be based on the best lectures which were given in the World Congress for Jewish Studies held in Jerusalem once every 4 years, and these volumes will therefore replace the Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies which have been published thus far. In the first volumes of Iggud (1-3) were gathered articles based on lectures given on the 14th Congress held in August 2005.
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Last CopiesIggud - Selected Essays in Jewish Studies, Vol. 1 The Bible and Its World, Rabbinic Literature and Jewish Thought Editors: Baruch J. Schwartz, Aharon Shemesh, and Abraham Melamed Full Table of Contents Iggud: Selected Essays in Jewish Studies: Articles published in the Iggud Volumes will be based on the best lectures which were given in the World Congress for Jewish Studies held in Jerusalem once every 4 years, and these volumes will therefore replace the Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies which have been published thus far. In the first volumes of Iggud (1-3) were gathered articles based on lectures given on the 14th Congress held in August 2005. " In the Bible and Its World Section eleven articles are published in Hebrew and five in English. This large number reflects truthfully the strenuous development in researching Bible commentators and their methods, a subject which is again central in Biblical Science of this era. Beside articles in this field, appears a selection of articles about Bible Study itself with its various spheres, such as Biblical criticism and prophetic books, archeology and realism, and the various ways that Biblical Literature takes. The Rabbinic Literature and Jewish Law section includes nine Articles in Hebrew and two in English. These studies span several branches of Talmud and Halakha, and show especially the expanding interest, these days, in the questions touching on the process of editing and forming of Rabbinic Literature. Further to these studies dealing with these aspects of the profession, appear discussions in issues of Halakha, Law and Talmudic tale history. Eight articles in Hebrew and two in English are published in the Third section, which is dedicated to Jewish Thought. The studies are naturally divided into studies of contemplation and teachings of the philosophers themselves, through their writings together with the era they lived in and the elements influencing them on the one hand, and in these several studies comparing between the first and the last and studying the connection between them, and studying their methods of research on the other hand." (from the preface).
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Last CopiesCritical annotated edition of part one of treatise seven of R. Levi's encyclopedia, which is devoted to an exegesis of the "Work of the Chariot". This volume also contains an edition of the surviving section of treatise five of the encyclopedia ("Divine Science") and a critical edition of the section of the poem "Battei ha-Nefesh ve-ha-Laḥashim" devoted to the "Work of the Chariot", together with the four medieval commentaries written on this section. The introduction to this volume discusses at length the interpretation of the "Work of the Chariot" from rabbinic times to R. Levi. Towards the end of the thirteenth century, the Provençal Jewish philosopher R. Levi ben Avraham wrote a unique treatise – an in-depth Hebrew encyclopedia of the sciences and of Judaism entitled Livyat Ḥen. R. Levi was known already in his lifetime as a leading exponent of the philosophical-allegorical interpretation of the Torah and of rabbinic midrash. In the Jewish part of his encyclopedia he deals with a myriad of topics, including Jewish ethics, prophecy, the reasons for the commandments, the stories of Moses and the patriarchs, the principles of faith, the Work of Creation, the Work of the Chariot, and the interpretation of rabbinic midrash and aggadah. Prior to Livyat Ḥen R. Levi wrote an encyclopedic poem of over 1000 stanzas in rhymed meter entitled Batei ha-Nephesh ve-ha-Laḥashim. This poem is devoted to the same topics in science and Judaism that are later discussed in great detail in his treatise.
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Last CopiesThe Book of Elegance of the Hebrew Language is Saadia Gaon's (892-942) Judeo-Arabic work on Hebrew linguistics. It is the first Hebrew grammar book, describing for the first time the Hebrew language, its letters, the vowels and the shewa, the dageshs, the influence of the gutturals, the inflections etc. The edition comprises of two volumes: the first is the introduction describing the work and its date, its structure and relationship to other works, with an analysis of the linguistic theory and the various grammatical issues as well as a comprehensive vocabulary of terminology, a complete survey of the chapters, a description of the manuscripts and method of editing and finally an extensive bibliography. The second volume hold the original Arabic text with a Hebrew translation by the editor, and apparatus of various readings and numerous commenting notes and indices.
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Last CopiesCritical annotated edition of the third part of treatise six of R. Levi's encyclopedia, which is devoted to an exegesis of the "Work of Creation". In this part R. Levi deals with the creation story in the Torah, the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the stories of the early generations of humanity. The edition includes both the shorter and longer recensions of this part, as well as a critical edition of the section "Work of Creation" in R. Levi's encyclopedic poem, "Battei ha-Nefesh ve-ha-Laḥashim", together with the four medieval commentaries written on this section. The introduction to this volume discusses the author and his works and deals with the historical background to R. Levi's approach to the "Work of Creation".
