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Akiva - Life, Legend, Legacy (Hardcover)
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Akiva - Life, Legend, Legacy (Hardcover)
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The legendary Akiva ben Yosef has fascinated Jews for centuries.
Arguably the most important of the Tannaim, or early Jewish sages,
Akiva lived during a crucial era in the development of Judaism as
we know it today, and his theology played a major part in the
development of Rabbinic Judaism. Reuven Hammer details Akiva's life
as it led to a martyr's death and he delves into the rich legacy
Akiva left us. That legacy played an extraordinarily important role
in helping the Jewish people survive difficult challenges to forge
a vibrant religious life anew, and it continues to influence Jewish
law, ethics, and theology even today. Akiva's contribution to the
development of Oral Torah cannot be overestimated, and in this
first book written in English about the sage since 1936 Hammer
reassesses Akiva's role from the period before the destruction of
the Temple in 70 CE until the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE. He also
assesses new findings about the growth of early Judaism, the
reasons why Akiva was so outspoken about "Christian Jews," the
influence of Hellenism, the Septuagint, and the canonization of the
Hebrew Bible. Ultimately Hammer shows that Judaism without Akiva
would be a very different religion.
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