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Sefer Yeṣirah and its contexts : other Jewish voices

Title

Sefer Yeṣirah and its contexts : other Jewish voices / Tzahi Weiss.

Author

Weiss, Tzahi

Publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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Description

viii, 196 pages; 24 cm

Summary

In Sefer Yeṣirah and Its Contexts, Tzahi Weiss explores anew the contested history of Sefer Yeṣirah, in the process extending our knowledge of Jewish intellectual traditions excluded from rabbinic canon.

Series Statement

Divinations: rereading late ancient religion

Uniform Title

Divinations.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Early works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-187) and index.

Contents

A Note on Transliteration of the Hebrew Alphabet -- Introduction -- Discussions About Alphabetical Letters in Non-Jewish Sources of Late Antiquity -- The Creation of the World from the Letters of the Ineffable Name -- The Creation of the World from Twenty-Two Letters and the Syriac Context of Sefer Yeṣirah -- Sounds of Silence : Sefer Yeṣirah Before the Tenth Century -- Reevaluating the Scientific Phase of Sefer Yeṣirah -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Sefer Yeṣirah and the Early Islamic Science of Letters -- Appendix 2. Sefer Yeṣirah's Long Version, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 66a-71b, with the English Translations of Peter A. Hayman -- Appendix 3. The Midrash About Sefer Yeṣirah and Ben Sira, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 65a-66a.

Call Number

JFE 18-6152

ISBN

9780812249903
0812249909

LCCN

2017034900

OCLC

999673619

Author

Weiss, Tzahi, author.

Title

Sefer Yeṣirah and its contexts : other Jewish voices / Tzahi Weiss.

Publisher

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Divinations: rereading late ancient religion

Divinations.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-187) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-6152

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