The concept of Ruach Ra'ah in contemporary rabbinic responsa (1945-2000) : possible relations between knowledge of the physical world and traditional knowledge in rabbinic Judaism / Leon Mock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mock, Leo, 1968- author.

Series:

Studia Judaica

Studia Judaica ; v.112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2021]

Summary:

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Responsa Literature, Selection of the Corpus, and Substantive Aspects of the Texts

Chapter 2 The Ruach Ra'ah in Premodern Sources

Chapter 3 Central Texts on the Ruach Ra'ah in the Responsa of the Corpus

Chapter 4 Nine Paradigmatic Texts from the Corpus

Chapter 5 Ruach Ra'ah: Explanatory Models between the Material and the Spiritual World

Chapter 6 Theologies of the Corpus

Chapter 7 The Ruach Ra'ah: Sociological and Anthropological Aspects

Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks

Literature

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110699883

3110699885

OCLC:

1269269312