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Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship
Ronald L. Eisenberg
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Description for Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship
Num Pages: 396 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 32. Weight in Grams: 754.
Despite the fact that scholars of the post-Talmudic era have been of great importance to the continued interpretation of religious texts for more than a millennium, they are typically not given as much attention as their Talmudic-era predecessors. Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship compiles thorough but manageable entries on the figures most vital to an understanding the scholarship of the post-Talmudic era. In this valuable reference, Dr. Ronald L. Eisenberg catalogs and explains the importance of more than two hundred figures who are most vital to an understanding of the teachings of the post-Talmudic rabbis. For these figures, ... Read more
Despite the fact that scholars of the post-Talmudic era have been of great importance to the continued interpretation of religious texts for more than a millennium, they are typically not given as much attention as their Talmudic-era predecessors. Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship compiles thorough but manageable entries on the figures most vital to an understanding the scholarship of the post-Talmudic era. In this valuable reference, Dr. Ronald L. Eisenberg catalogs and explains the importance of more than two hundred figures who are most vital to an understanding of the teachings of the post-Talmudic rabbis. For these figures, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9780765709936
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V9780765709936
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About Ronald L. Eisenberg
Ronald L. Eisenberg is a physician in the Department of Radiology at Beth Israel Deconness Medical Center in Boston and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Eisenberg has acted as scholar-in-residence at Tifferet Israel Synagogue in San Diego and Vilna Shul in Boston. He is the author of Essential Figures in the Bible and Essential Figures in the Talmud. ... Read more
Reviews for Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship
Dr. Eisenberg has provided a useful encyclopedic overview of the Jewish writing and its creators. The citations are short, accessible for lay readers, and useful for rabbis and scholars as quick reference points . . . [Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship] will be valuable for a wide range of users. Recommended for academic libraries, and for larger synagogues.
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