Results 11 to 20 of about 6,492,760 (216)

The reception of Qoheleth in a selection of rabbinic, patristic and nonconformist texts [PDF]

, 2003
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the reception of the text of Qoheleth in a selection of rabbinic, patristic and nonconformist literature.
Yesudian-Storfjell, Suseela C
core   +6 more sources

Solomon Schechter and medieval European rabbinic literature

Jewish Historical Studies: Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England, 2016
Scholarly articleSolomon Schechter’s contributions to our knowledge of the rabbinic texts in the Cairo Genizah are legendary. But Schechter also expressed a wide variety of important ideas and theories about rabbinic literature and thought from other ...
Kanarfogel, Ephraim
doaj   +3 more sources

The Anti-Samaritan Attitude as Reflected in Rabbinic Midrashim

Religions, 2021
Samaritans, as a group within the ranges of ancient ‘Judaisms’, are often mentioned in Talmud and Midrash. As comparable social–religious entities, they are regarded ambivalently by the rabbis.
Andreas Lehnardt
doaj   +1 more source

Yedidyah Ha-Alexandri and the Crisis of the Modern Jewish Age: Philo of Alexandria as an Exemplary Ḥasid in Naḥman Krochmal’s Thought

Religions, 2021
The present article sets out to answer the question of the extent to which Naḥman Krochmal’s reappraisal of Philo of Alexandria in the light of his Jewish faith reflects a deep spiritual crisis that was engulfing the Maskilic world: the encroaching ...
Ze’ev Strauss
doaj   +1 more source

Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature [PDF]

, 2014
Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature: Their Status and Roles explores the different attitudes toward the ...
Heger, P., P. Heger
core   +5 more sources

Early Religious Zionism and Erudition Concerning the Temple and Sacrifices

Religions, 2022
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher’s messianic innovations asserted the centrality of a renewal of offerings on the altar to the creation of a linear path to redemption. Despite the common convention, his ideas were not disregarded by his peers and followers.
Isaac Hershkowitz
doaj   +1 more source

Oneirocritics and Midrash. On reading dreams and the Scripture

Nordisk Judaistik, 2003
In the context of ancient theories of dreams and their interpretation, the rabbinic literature offers particularly interesting loci. Even though the view on the nature of dreams is far from unambiguous, the rabbinic tradition of oneirocritics, i.e.
Erik Alvstad
doaj   +1 more source

The attemped murder by Laban the Aramean: an example of intertextual reading in Midrash

Nordisk Judaistik, 2003
This article deals with the question of why Laban the Aramean, a rather harmless character as presented in the biblical text, is generally portrayed in rabbinic literature as a major enemy of Israel.
Karin Hedner-Zetterholm
doaj   +1 more source

The conceptualisation of morality in Judaism

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article dealt with the irony that confronts any investigation into the conceptualisation of morality in Judaism: much of contemporary scholarship promotes the Strong Dependence Theory where God is considered the prime source of morality − yet an ...
Gavin Michal
doaj   +1 more source

The magic of the Mezuzah in rabbinic literature

Nordisk Judaistik, 1994
The notion that the mezuzah – the capsule containing a parchment strip on which is written Deut 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 and which is attached to the doorposts of a Jewish home – is protective has been explained in different ways.
Eva-Maria Jansson
doaj   +1 more source