Masterpieces of Hebrew literature : selections from 2000 years of Jewish creativity / edited and with introductions by Curt Leviant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leviant, Curt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew literature--Translations into English.

Hebrew literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (590 p.)

Edition:

1st JPS ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature" is a true masterpiece of its own--one of the few collections in which readers can find important works of Jewish tradition and culture by such authors as Rashi, Maimonides, Judah Halevi, and Joseph Caro, all in one place. Curt Leviant includes literature that spans many genres, from fiction and poetry to legal, ethical, and midrashic works; from responsa and Biblical commentary to histories and letters. His brief introductions place the works and their authors in historical perspective.

Contents:

Intro

Half-Title

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Title

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

APOCRYPHA: Introduction

THE WISDOM OF BEN SIRA

THE STORY OF SUSANNA

THE SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN

THE BOOK OF TOBIT

PSEUDEPIGRAPHIA: Introduction

THE TESTAMENT OF THE TWELVE SONS

JOSEPHUS: Introduction

THE JEWISH WAR: THE FALL OF MASADA

MISHNA: Introduction

PIRKE AVOT (ETHICS OF THE FATHERS)

ROSH HASHANA (FEAST OF THE NEW YEAR)

TALMUD: Introduction

BERAKHOT

MIDRASH: Introduction

MEKILTA

MIDRASH RABBAH

ELDAD THE DANITE: Introduction

THE TRAVELS OF ELDAD THE DANITE

NATHAN HA-BAVLI: Introduction

THE INSTALLATION OF AN EXILARCH

HASDAI IBN SHAPRUT: Introduction

THE EPISTLE OF HASDAI IBN SHAPRUT

HEBREW POETRY-THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN: Introduction

SAMUEL HA-NAGID

SOLOMON IBN GABIROL

MOSES IBN EZRA

JUDAH HALEVI

BAHYA IBN PAKUDA: Introduction

DUTIES OF THE HEART

RASHI: Introduction

AHIMAAZ BEN PALTIEL: Introduction

CHRONICLE OF AHIMAAZ

SOLOMON BAR SIMSON: Introduction

THE CRUSADES OF 1096

RESPONSA: Introduction

LETTER OF SHERIRA GAON

RABBENU GERSHOM BEN JUDAH

ISAAC ALFASI

RABBENU TAM

ISAAC BEN SHESHET

SIMON BEN ZEMAH DURAN

MAIMONIDES: Introduction

MISHNE TORAH-THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE

RESPONSUM TO OBADIAH THE PROSELYTE

EPISTLE TO YEMEN

A LETTER TO R. SAMUEL lBN TIBBON

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA: Introduction

THE ITINERARY OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

PETACHIA OF RATISBON: Introduction

THE TRAVELS OF PETACHIA OF RATISBON

THE BOOK OF YASHAR: Introduction

JOSEPH IN EGYPT

JUDAH HE-HASID: Introduction

THE BOOK OF THE PIOUS

THE POETIC PICARESQUE: Introduction

JOSEPH IBN ZABARA: THE BOOK OF DELIGHT

JUDAH AL-HARIZI: TAHKEMONI

NACHMANIDES: Introduction.

THE DISPUTATION WITH PAULO CHRISTIANI

BERECHIAH HA-NAKDAN: Introduction

FOX FABLES

ETHICAL WILLS: Introduction

JUDAH IBN TIBBON

ELEAZAR OF MAYENCE

JUDAH ASHERI

ZOHAR: Introduction

THE ZOHAR-MOSES DE LEON

OBADIAH DA BERTINORO: Introduction

THE LETTERS OF OBADIAH DA BERTINORO

DAVID REUBENI: Introduction

THE TRAVEL DIARY OF DAVID REUBENI

JOSEPH CARO: Introduction

SHULHAN ARUKH

LEON OF MODENA: Introduction

ON GAMBLING

RESPONSA: JEWS AND MUSIC

LIFE IN LOMBARDY

MOSES HAYIM LUZZATTO: Introduction

THE PATH OF THE UPRIGHT

NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV: Introduction

THE RABBI AND HIS ONLY SON

ERRATA

SOURCES.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Ktav Pub. House, 1969.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 576-577).

ISBN:

0-8276-0954-X

OCLC:

651927074