Publication
Imprint: San Francisco, Calif. : Harper San Francisco, c1996. Edition: First edition. Series: The Sacred Literature Trust Series. Responsibility: selected and translated from the Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic with an introduction by Yitzhak Tzvi Langermann. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxx, 351 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes appendix, bibliography, index.
Call number
GT-J / TX / Midrash
ISBN
0060653914 / 9780060653910
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Alternate Title: לנגרמן, י. צבי : Yemenite Midrash .
Description: Look into the deepest secrets of the cosmos with these superb allegorical interpretations of the scriptures--translated for the first time from medieval midrashim of Yemenite Judaism.
The fourteenth to sixteenth centuries were the most vibrant period in the intellectual history of the Yemeni Jews. By rooting themselves firmly in the tradition of the great philosopher Maimonides, they found that the Hebrew Bible contained philosophical truths which are at the core of humanity's highest goal.
In this anthology of midrashim, eight Yemeni authors explore the means of ethical and intellectual achievement, the structure of the universe, the natural world, human existence, prophecy, miracles, Jewish law and practices, and the essence of allegory, parable, and symbol. The result is an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and mind of Yemenite Judaism. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: 1. The Path to Knowledge --
2. Cosmology --
3. Science and Nature --
4. Humanity --
5. Halakhah --
6. Prayer and Worship --
7. Ethics --
8. Reward and Punishment --
9. Israel and Other Faiths --
10. Prophecy --
11. Miracles --
12. Allegory, Parable and Symbol --
13. Scripture and its Interpretation --
Appendix One: The Midrashic Authors --
Appendix Two: Ta'wil and Other Approaches --
Appendix Three: The Reception of Maimonides --
FY1997 / 2015 /
Description: Look into the deepest secrets of the cosmos with these superb allegorical interpretations of the scriptures--translated for the first time from medieval midrashim of Yemenite Judaism.
The fourteenth to sixteenth centuries were the most vibrant period in the intellectual history of the Yemeni Jews. By rooting themselves firmly in the tradition of the great philosopher Maimonides, they found that the Hebrew Bible contained philosophical truths which are at the core of humanity's highest goal.
In this anthology of midrashim, eight Yemeni authors explore the means of ethical and intellectual achievement, the structure of the universe, the natural world, human existence, prophecy, miracles, Jewish law and practices, and the essence of allegory, parable, and symbol. The result is an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and mind of Yemenite Judaism. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: 1. The Path to Knowledge --
2. Cosmology --
3. Science and Nature --
4. Humanity --
5. Halakhah --
6. Prayer and Worship --
7. Ethics --
8. Reward and Punishment --
9. Israel and Other Faiths --
10. Prophecy --
11. Miracles --
12. Allegory, Parable and Symbol --
13. Scripture and its Interpretation --
Appendix One: The Midrashic Authors --
Appendix Two: Ta'wil and Other Approaches --
Appendix Three: The Reception of Maimonides --
FY1997 / 2015 /
Physical description
xxx, 351 p.; 24 cm
Description
The fourteenth to sixteenth centuries were the most vibrant period in the intellectual history of the Yemeni Jews. By rooting themselves firmly in the tradition of the great philosopher Maimonides, they found that the Hebrew Bible contained philosophical truths that are at the core of humanity's highest goal. In this anthology of midrashim, eight Yemeni authors explore the means of ethical and intellectual achievement, the structure of the universe, the natural world, human existence, prophecy, miracles, Jewish law and practices, and the essence of allegory, parable, and symbol. The result is an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and mind of medieval Yemenite Judaism.
Language
Original language
Judeo-Arabic