"Sefer Yeṣirah" and Its Contexts: Other Jewish Voices

Tzahi Weiss

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2018

"Sefer Yeṣirah" and Its Contexts

Other Jewish Voices

Tzahi Weiss

In the series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294798

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About this book

In "Sefer Yeṣirah" and Its Contexts, Tzahi Weiss explores anew the contested history of Sefer Yeṣirah, in the process extending our knowledge of Jewish intellectual traditions excluded from rabbinic canon.

Author / Editor information

Tzahi Weiss is Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Hebrew Literature at the Open University of Israel.

Reviews

"Tzahi Weiss offers an innovative and daring thesis regarding a central text in the canon of Jewish mysticism and magic. 'Sefer Yeṣirah' and Its Contexts will stimulate important discussions not only about the history of Sefer Yeṣirah in Jewish intellectual history but also about the relationship of Jewish and Christian sources and the boundaries separating and uniting these two traditions."—Elliot Wolfson, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
A Note on Transliteration of the Hebrew Alphabet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Discussions About Alphabetical Letters in Non-Jewish Sources of Late Antiquity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2. The Creation of the World from the Letters of the Ineffable Name Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter 3. The Creation of the World from Twenty-Two Letters and the Syriac Context of Sefer Yeṣirah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 4. Sounds of Silence: Sefer Yeṣirah Before the Tenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Chapter 5. Reevaluating the Scientific Phase of Sefer Yeṣirah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Appendix 1. Sefer Yeṣirah and the Early Islamic Science of Letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Appendix 2. Sefer Yeṣirah’s Long Version, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 66a–71b, with the English Translations of Peter A. Hayman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Appendix 3. The Midrash About Sefer Yeṣirah and Ben Sira, According to Ms. Vatican 299/4, 65a–66a Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Keywords: Religion; Religious Studies; Jewish Studies

eBook

Published: April 13, 2018
ISBN: 9780812294798