Description |
xxxiv, 814 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 813-814) and index. |
Contents |
Two approaches to Torah exegesis -- Miracles -- The Tabernacle and the sacrifices -- The abode of the Shekhinah -- Teachings concerning the Shekhinah -- Afflictions -- Torah and life -- In awe and trembling -- Duties of the heart -- Issues of supreme importance -- Scriptural language not befitting God's dignity -- The language of Torah -- Transcendental and terrestrial perspectives -- Go 'round the orchard! -- Beholding the face of God -- The Torah that is in heaven -- Moses' ascent to heaven -- The descent of the Divine Glory -- Torah from Heaven -- The sectarians -- Moses did things on his own authority -- Two methods of understanding "Thus says the Lord" -- Is it possible that it was on his own say-so -- The book of Deuteronomy -- Is the Prophet a partner or a vessel? -- "See, how great was Moses' power!" -- Moses' prophecy -- How the Torah was written -- The maximalist and minimalist approaches -- The maximalist approach to the principle "Torah from Heaven" -- The minimalist approach to the principle "Torah from Heaven" -- Lost books -- It is not in the Heavens -- Renewal of Torah -- Both these and these are the words of the living God -- Against multiplying rules -- Stringencies and leniencies -- Former and latter authorities -- Theology in the legal literature -- Interpersonal relationships. |
Subject |
Talmud -- Theology.
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Revelation -- Judaism.
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Added Author |
Tucker, Gordon.
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Levin, Leonard, 1946-
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Added Title |
Torah min ha-shamayim be-aspaḳlaryah shel ha-dorot. English
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ISBN |
0826408028 hardcover alkaline paper |
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