Jacob Mann : a centennial review : papers delivered at a conference held at St John's College, Cambridge in July 2023 / edited by Stefan C. Reif and Richard S. Sarason.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Reif, Stefan C., 1944- editor.

Sarason, Richard S., editor.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, sponsor.

Conference Name:

Jacob Mann: A Centennial Review Conference (2023 : St. Johns College, Cambridge, England), host institution.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 140.

Rethinking diaspora ; v. 10.

Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums (Walter de Gruyter & Co.), 0585-5306 ; Band 140

Rethinking diaspora ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mann, Jacob, 1888-1940--Congresses.

Mann, Jacob.

Jewish historians--20th century--Congresses.

Jewish historians.

Jewish scholars--20th century--Congresses.

Jewish scholars.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Rabbinical literature.

Midrash--History and criticism--Congresses.

Midrash.

Judaism--History--Congresses.

Judaism.

Mann, Jacob, 1888-1940.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Physical Description:

vi, 248 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2025]

Contents:

Introduction / Stefan C. Reif and Richard S. Sarason

Another look at the biography of Jacob Mann / Richard S. Sarason

Mann's identification of the Hạftarot of the Triennial Lectionary with new data / Yosef Ofer

Between speculative and explorative: The contribution of Jacob Mann to the study of Aggadic Midrashim and homiletics / Moshe Lavee

Midrash ̣Hadash 'al Hatorah: Some updates and additions to Mann's unfinished work / Gila Vachman

Halakhic literature in Mann's studies / Adiel Breuer

Explaining liturgical anomalies: Evaluating Jacob Mann's "Changes in the Divine Service... " / Ruth Langer

A re-assessment of Mann's "Genizah Fragments of the Palestinian Orderof Service" / Stefan C. Reif

Jacob Mann's contribution to the hisotry of the Jewish calendar / Sacha Stern

From Babylonia to Cincinnati: Jacob Mann and the study of Jewish communal history / Jennifer Grayson

Have we made major progress since Mann's "Messianic Movements" of 1925? / Menahem Ben-Sasson

Karaism and Karaites in Jacob Mann's writings / Miriam Frenkel

Benjamin al-Nahawandi's theology and Halakhah accordingn to Jacob Mann / Yoram Erder.

Notes:

"Bibliography of the Published Writings of Jacob Mann": pages 229-233.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"The conference was sponsored by St. John's College, Cambridge, and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion" and held July 10-12, 2023 -- Title Page verso.

ISBN:

9783112205792

3112205790

OCLC:

1527023646

Publisher Number:

9783112205792