Back To The Sources
Published on 23. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-671-60596-4 (ISBN)
Description
With chapters written by leading scholars specifically for this volume, 'Back to the Sources' is the first comprehensive guide to this literary legacy: the Bible, the Talmud, the midrashic literature, the commentaries, the legal codes, the mystical texts of the Kabbalah and of Hasidism, the philosophical works and the prayerbook.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-671-60596-4 (9780671605964)
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Barry W. Holtz
Back To The Sources
E-Book
06/2008
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
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Book
01/1986
Summit Books
€42.49
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Person
Barry W. Holtz, born in Boston, is the Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary. Holtz received completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts University and his doctorate from Brandeis University in English and American Literature. He is the author of many books including Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud and Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today.