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