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Faculty Reviewed Sources:
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Beinart, Haim. Moreshet Sepharad: The Sephardi Legacy. Magnes Press, 1992, vol. 2, 478p
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Fine, Lawrence. Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His
Kabbalistic Fellowship. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. 480p
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Sirat, Colette. A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1985. 476p
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Additional Faculty Recommended Sources:
Annotations by Eitan Fishbane
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Beinart, Haim, ed. The Sephardi Legacy (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1992).
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Vol. 1 is devoted to pre-1492 phenomena; vol. 2 treats post-1492 phenomena.
Very valuable compilation of
essays, touching on issues historical, intellectual, and cultural. Some representative titles (from the
Jewish thought category)
include: Moshe Idel, "Spanish Kabbalah After the Expulsion"; R. J. Zwi Werblowsky, "R. Joseph Caro, Solomon Molcho,
Don Joseph
Nasi"; Yosef Kaplan, "The Intellectual Ferment in the Spanish-Portugese Community of Seventeenth Century
Amsterdam."
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| An Illustration of the Concept of 'Philosophic Mysticism' From Fifteenth Century
Yemen |
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Blumenthal, David R. "An Illustration of the Concept of 'Philosophic Mysticism' From Fifteenth Century Yemen," pp. 290-308. In
Hommage á Georges Vajda: Études d'Histoire et de Pensée Juives. Éditées
par Gérard Nahon et Charles Touati. Louvain: Éditions Peeters, 1980.
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| The Attitudes of Yemenite Rabbis Towards 19th century Jewish Messianic
Figures |
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Eraqi Klorman, Bat-Zion. "The Attitudes of Yemenite Rabbis Towards 19th century Jewish Messianic Figures." World Congress of
sJewish Studies 10:B2 (1990): 355-362.
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Fenton, Paul, trans. The Treatise of the Pool. London: Octagon Press, 1981.
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This is a fascinating primary source that demonstrates a synthesis of Jewish and Sufi
mystical piety in thirteenth century Egypt. Included also is a learned introduction by Dr. Fenton that
explores the contours of Sufi-Jewish mystical piety in the High Middle Ages.
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| Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period |
HUC Library |
Fine, Lawrence, ed. Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period (Princeton and Oxford:
Princeton University Press, 2001)
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This volume is composed of a variety of translated primary sources, including evidence of
Jewish religious life and thought in Arab lands.
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Frank, Daniel, Oliver Leaman, and Charles Manekin, eds., The Jewish Philosophy Reader. London and New York:
Routledge, 2000.
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A wide-ranging survey of Jewish philosophy, presented through the study of primary source
documents. It is a very fine source reader for our courses covering Jewish philosophy and theology in the medieval and
modern periods.
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Frank, Daniel and Oliver Leaman, eds., History of Jewish Philosophy. London and New York: Routledge, 1997.
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This voluminous text was designed to accompany the editors' other source compilation, The
Jewish Philosophy Reader. It includes learned and detailed essays by leading scholars in the field.
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| The Zohar in Southern Morocco: A Study in the Ethnography of Texts |
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Goldberg, Harvey E. "The Zohar in Southern Morocco: A Study in the Ethnography of Texts." History of Religions
29:3 (1990): 233-258.
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| Jewish Spirituality II: From the Sixteenth Century Revival to the Present |
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Green, Arthur, ed., Jewish Spirituality II: From the Sixteenth Century Revival to the Present. New York:
Crossroad Publishing, 1987.
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Important collection of introductory essays, including attention to the revival of
spiritual piety and community in 16th century Safed.
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| Hallamish, Moshe. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 2001. |
HUC Library |
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Due to the language of its composition, this book may or may not be fully usable by our students,
but it certainly provides intellectual historiography with respect to one of the most neglected chapters in the history
of Kabbalah. In seeking to fill in the gaps in our curriculum-as well as our own sense of the field-increased awareness
of the developments in kabbalistic thought among the so-called mizrahi Jews will be critical. The author of this
book-Professor Moshe Hallamish-is one of the leading scholars of Kabbalah working in the Israeli academy today.
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Idel, Moshe. "The Kabbalah in Morocco: A Survey." In Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land (2000) 105-124.
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Idel, Moshe. Messianic Mystics. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998.
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This monograph covers a broad range of texts, personalities, and intellectual trends surrounding
the phenomenon of messianic belief and fervor among Jewish mystics. Idel brings great erudition to the task of
discussing a wide-range of lesser-known texts and figures.
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Jacobs, Louis. Jewish Mystical Testimonies. New York: Schocken Books, 1977.
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This text is a very important anthology of translated primary sources, demonstrating the role of
autobiographical and testimonial literature among Jewish mystics through the generations. Though the book does not
contain a great deal of analysis, it is quite significant as a collection of sources that may be used in the classroom.
See especially: Chapter 9, "The Visions and Mystical Meditations of Abraham of Granada"; Chapter 10, "The Communications
of the Heavenly Mentor to Rabbi Joseph Karo"; Chapter 11, "The Visions of Rabbi Hayyim Vital"; Chapter 12, "The Maggid of
Rabbi Moses Hayyim Luzzatto"; Chapter 14, "The Mystical Meditations of Shalom Sharabi and the Kabbalists of
Bet El."
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| Yemenite Philosophical Midrash as a Source for the Intellectual History of
the Jews of Yemen |
HUC Library |
Langermann, Y. Tzvi. "Yemenite Philosophical Midrash as a Source for the Intellectual History of the Jews of Yemen,"
pp. 335-347. In Daniel Frank, ed, The Jews of Medieval Islam. Leiden and New York: E. J. Brill, 1995.
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| Isaac Abarbanel's Stance Toward Tradition: Defense, Dissent and Dialogue |
HUC Library |
Lawee, Eric. Isaac Abarbanel's Stance Toward Tradition: Defense, Dissent and Dialogue. Albany:
State University of New York Press, 2001.
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This monograph is a substantial and learned inquiry into the creativity and thought of a major
Jewish exegete in the post-expulsion Sefardic community.
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| Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind |
HUC Library |
Nadler, Steven. Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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| Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia |
HUC Library |
Roth, Norman. Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2003.
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This volume is a wide-ranging and detailed resource for the intellectual and cultural
history of the Jewish Middle Ages.
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| Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation 1:2 |
HUC Library |
Saebo, Magne, ed. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation 1:2. Göttingen:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000.
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This book includes essays by many of the leading scholars in the study of Jewish thought and
exegesis. Special attention should be devoted to the following chapters: "Medieval Jewish Biblical Exegesis in Northern
Africa" [pp. 89-95]; "Jewish Exegesis in Spain and Provence, and in the East, in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries,"
especially the section [authored by Paul Fenton] entitled, "The Post-Maimonidean Schools of Exegesis in the East:
Abraham Maimonides, the Pietists, Tanhum ha-Yerushalmi and the Yemenite School" [pp. 433-455].
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