商品簡介
Ochs (modern Judaic studies, U. of Virginia) introduces four essays by Halivni (emeritus, classical Jewish civilization, Columbia U.), a leading contemporary Talmudic scholar. As the only survivor of the Shoah (Hebrew for Holocaust) in his family, Halivni addresses theological questions it raised about religious observance. "Breaking the tablets" refers to his view that rabbinic Oral Law contradicts the divinely-bequeathed Torah whose deeper meaning Jews must strive to recover. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
David Weiss Halivni is Professor Emeritus of Classical Jewish Civilization at Columbia University. Halivni survived the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, and Mathausen—his entire family was murdered in the camps. Most widely known for his scholarly commentary on the Talmud, Halivni has also written a series of more general studies of the classic rabbinic literature that remains the foundation for all contemporary forms of Judaism.
Rabbi Halivni was awarded The Israel Prize in Talmud, this year. The Israel Prize, the highest honor in Israel, will be awarded on Israel Independence Day, observed this year on May 8.
Peter Ochs is professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia.
