Eliezer Segal

Reading Jewish Religious Texts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reading Jewish Religious Texts introduces students to a range of significant post-biblical Jewish writing.

Produktdetails

• Reading Religious Texts
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780415588225
• ISBN-10: 0415588227
• Artikelnr.: 33386452

Autorenporträt

Eliezer Segal is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has published extensively on rabbinic texts and Jewish biblical interpretation. His books include Introducing Judaism (Routledge, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Chapter One: Prayers and Liturgical Texts. Chapter Two:
Aggadah and Midrash. Chapter Three: The Literature of Halakhic Discourse.
Chapter Four: Jewish Bible Commentaries. Chapter Five: Philosophy and
Rational Theology. Chapter Six: Esoteric, Mystical and Kabbalistic Texts.
Chapter Seven: Moralistic and Ethical Writings. Timeline of Jewish
Religious Texts and Authors. Glossary. Bibliography of Jewish Religious
Texts in English.