The sages, their concepts and beliefs /
Urbach, Efraim Elimelech, 1912-1991.
The sages, their concepts and beliefs / Ephraim E. Urbach ; translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrahams. - Jerusalem : Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1975. - 2 v. (xxii, 1076 p.) ; 23 cm. - Publications of the Perry Foundation in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. .
Translation of the 2d ed. of Hazal, pirke emunot ve-de?ot.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1051-1076) and indexes.
V.1. The study of the history of the beliefs and concepts of the sages
The belief in one God
The Shekhina: the presence of God in the world
Nearness and distance: omnipresent and Heaven
The epithet Gĕvūrā (might) and the power of God
Magic and miracle
The power of the Divine Name
The celestial retinue
He who spoke and the world came into being
Man
On providence
The written law and the oral law
The commandments
Acceptance of the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven: love and reverence
Man's accounting and the world's accounting
The people of Israel and its sages
On redemption
v. 2. Notes
Indices and bibliography
The wisdom of the great religious teachers in classical Judaic thought is signalized in this landmark examination of the ancient texts that form the basis for the rabbinic code of ethics and conduct of daily life. This book bestows its riches on students and general readers interested in religious history and rabbinic thought and belief. The author gives us a picture of the men, the world and the intellectual ferment that produced the Talmud and Midrach, as well as a systematic account of the rabbis' social and religious thought. It is a literary tapestry, interweaving Biblical quotations, rabbinic dicta and the author's comments, analysis and discussion
9652233196 (vol. 1-2)
75327335
Talmud--Theology.
The sages, their concepts and beliefs / Ephraim E. Urbach ; translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrahams. - Jerusalem : Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1975. - 2 v. (xxii, 1076 p.) ; 23 cm. - Publications of the Perry Foundation in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. .
Translation of the 2d ed. of Hazal, pirke emunot ve-de?ot.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1051-1076) and indexes.
V.1. The study of the history of the beliefs and concepts of the sages
The belief in one God
The Shekhina: the presence of God in the world
Nearness and distance: omnipresent and Heaven
The epithet Gĕvūrā (might) and the power of God
Magic and miracle
The power of the Divine Name
The celestial retinue
He who spoke and the world came into being
Man
On providence
The written law and the oral law
The commandments
Acceptance of the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven: love and reverence
Man's accounting and the world's accounting
The people of Israel and its sages
On redemption
v. 2. Notes
Indices and bibliography
The wisdom of the great religious teachers in classical Judaic thought is signalized in this landmark examination of the ancient texts that form the basis for the rabbinic code of ethics and conduct of daily life. This book bestows its riches on students and general readers interested in religious history and rabbinic thought and belief. The author gives us a picture of the men, the world and the intellectual ferment that produced the Talmud and Midrach, as well as a systematic account of the rabbis' social and religious thought. It is a literary tapestry, interweaving Biblical quotations, rabbinic dicta and the author's comments, analysis and discussion
9652233196 (vol. 1-2)
75327335
Talmud--Theology.
