The En Yaaqov - Jacob ibn Habib's Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus (Hardcover)

After his expulsion from Spain in 1492, Jacob ibn Habib created the En Yaaqov, a collection of Talmudic aggadah (non-legal material), by removing the majority of the Talmud's legal portions but preserving the chapter order of the remaining material and adding his own introduction and running commentary. In The En Yaaqov: Jacob ibn Habib's Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus author Marjorie Lehman argues that the En Yaaqov's anthologizer, Jacob ibn Habib, purposely sought to create a Talmud "look-alike" in order to prove that Judaism's foundational legal tract could also be seen as a theological document. By considering the factors that influenced ibn Habib, Lehman argues that his En Yaaqov was a reaction to the way that the Talmud was perceived and studied during the late medieval period among Spanish Jewry.

General

Imprint:	Wayne State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Marjorie Lehman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-8143-3480-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-8143-3480-6
Barcode:	9780814334805

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