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The En Yaaqov: Jacob Ibn Habib's Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus

The En Yaaqov: Jacob Ibn Habib's Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus

Lehman, Marjorie

Hardcover

Judaism

ISBN10: 0814334806
ISBN13: 9780814334805
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Nov 30 2011
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Awards: National Jewish Book Award

After his expulsion from Spain in 1492, Jacob ibn Habib created the En Yaaqov, a collection of Talmudic aggadah (non-legal material), by removing the majority of the Talmud's legal portions but preserving the chapter order of the remaining material and adding his own introduction and running commentary. In The En Yaaqov: Jacob ibn Habib's Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus author Marjorie Lehman argues that the En Yaaqov's anthologizer, Jacob ibn Habib, purposely sought to create a Talmud look-alike in order to prove that Judaism's foundational legal tract could also be seen as a theological document. By considering the factors that influenced ibn Habib, Lehman argues that his En Yaaqov was a reaction to the way that the Talmud was perceived and studied during the late medieval period among Spanish Jewry.

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