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1000 sélections about Anatomy, Astronomy, Bolany, Chemietry, Geology, Hygiene, Psychology, etc.
A Book of Jewish Curiosities
by DAVID M. HAUSDORFF
Author of Customs and Traditions of Israel, etc.
In the great body of Jewish literature there are many fascinating and enormously provocative statements and references which are either prophetically prochronistic —far ahead of their times—or indicate the possession of undreamed of knowledge.
This is a collection of the stränge and unusual from thirty-five centuries of Jewish thought, theological only insofar as re-ligious significance permeates every phase of Jewish life.
The sources include The Torah, the Written Law, God's Word to Moses on M t. Sinai; The Mishnah, the Oral Law and teachings transmitted to Moses on Mt. Sinai; The Talmud, commentary which accumulated around the Mishnah; The Midrashim, literary works, some of them quite ancient, of scriptural interprétation; and other authentic, authoritative sources.
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Fülszöveg
$3.50
1000 sélections about Anatomy, Astronomy, Bolany, Chemietry, Geology, Hygiene, Psychology, etc.
A Book of Jewish Curiosities
by DAVID M. HAUSDORFF
Author of Customs and Traditions of Israel, etc.
In the great body of Jewish literature there are many fascinating and enormously provocative statements and references which are either prophetically prochronistic —far ahead of their times—or indicate the possession of undreamed of knowledge.
This is a collection of the stränge and unusual from thirty-five centuries of Jewish thought, theological only insofar as re-ligious significance permeates every phase of Jewish life.
The sources include The Torah, the Written Law, God's Word to Moses on M t. Sinai; The Mishnah, the Oral Law and teachings transmitted to Moses on Mt. Sinai; The Talmud, commentary which accumulated around the Mishnah; The Midrashim, literary works, some of them quite ancient, of scriptural interprétation; and other authentic, authoritative sources.
Mr. Hausdorff, outstanding Talmudist and Jewish scholar, has spent a lifetime of study of the great writings. He supplies descriptions, chronology and comments on the works, information about some of the mental giants whose words are quoted, complété bibliography, and an index.
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