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Title: Book of Legends/Sefer Ha-Aggadah : Legends from the Talmud and Midrash by Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Y.H. Rawnitzky ISBN: 0-8052-4113-2 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 10 November, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The beauty of tradition...
Comment: In our overly scientific day and age, which has greatly influenced how we approach the Sacred, specifically Sacred texts, this book fills in the lacunae of the void.
In this book can be found the rabbinical answers to the nagging questions found in the Torah, questions that still linger today but which tend to be filled in with more historical/'scientific' answers than stories that lift the spirit. Are these stories to be found in this book 'true'? To ask the question misses the point. They elevate the spirit and lift us out of the mundane and bring back the art of telling the story to reveal deeper insights into the mysteries of life.
The rabbis were curious and inquisitive souls and what we have here is a compendium of the diverse answers they often gave. Some of the stories are fantastical, others whimsical and others simply bizarre, but they never cease to captivate and never cease to enlighten. A vital resource for any library.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Creative Core Judaism
Comment: It is hard to believe that it was only so far back as 1908 that Russian poet Hayim Bialik and editor Yehoshua Ravnitsky put their heads together to create the Sefer Ha-Aggadah, a compendium of legends, history and lessons from the Talmud and the Midrash. Originally, in Hebrew (much of that translated from the Aramaic) it was finally translated into English by William Braude, appearing in 1992. Until that time, much of the material covered was only available to students of the Talmud, a loss to many generations of Jews as well as other of different faiths around the world.
Irreverently, I think of 'The Book of Legends' as the 'juicy parts' redaction of the some of the most important bodies of work in the Jewish faith. The Talmud is composed of both law and legend, and the stones of that law grind exceedingly fine. To be honest, I am much more drawn to the lore and legends; because I believe it is there that the true center of the Jewish spirit can be found. Whether it be the story of Solomon's struggles with demon kind, or the thoughts of the sages on the nature of God, this is the imagination and the heart of thousands of years of belief.
Am I exaggerating? I don't know. But this material has lived as oral tradition from generation to generation, and now we are able to hold it in printed form, simply to read or for research. Bialik and Ravnitsky put an immense effort into gather the material together from many diverse sources, and then managing to arrange it is such a fashion that it is accessible. The first parts are organized in accordance with Jewish biblical history, and then as the deeds of the Sages. Following sections turn to Israel's place in the world, the nature of God, man, his community and the world itself. This adds up to a mighty volume of over 800 large pages of small print.
I won't pretend that this is easy reading. Much is, but just as much contains the cryptic and dense style one would expect from material that has lived long as verbal tradition. But both the original compilers and the translator have done their utmost to bring much that was almost secret into the light. For me it contains the answers to many of the puzzles of Jewish history and belief. And a whole new set of questions to ask and think about. I hope it does the same for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: The stuff of Legends - The Rabbis Speak!
Comment: These are made up things that help to set your contextual understanding of the particular partia. Great for cross referencing and indexing the pentatuch.
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Title: The Classic Midrash: Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Reuven Hammer, Judah Goldin ISBN: 0809135035 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Everyman's Talmud : The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages by Abraham Cohen ISBN: 0805210326 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 07 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Back To The Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts by Barry W. Holtz ISBN: 0671605968 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 02 January, 1986 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Hebrew-English Tanakh by Jewish Publication Society of America ISBN: 0827606974 Publisher: Jewish Publication Society Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Swimming in the Sea of Talmud by Michael Katz, Gershon Schwartz ISBN: 0827606079 Publisher: Jewish Publication Society Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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