BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Peshat — (also P shat, פשט) is one of four classical methods of Jewish biblical exegesis used by Rabbis and Jewish bible scholars in reading the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh. Peshat is part of a group of exegetical methods known together as… … Wikipedia
Pardes (Jewish exegesis) — Part of a series on The Bible … Wikipedia
PESHAT — (Heb. פְּשָׁט), word which came to mean the plain, literal meaning of a text, as opposed mainly to derash , the homiletical interpretation, but also to any other method than the literal. According to W. Bacher (Die exegetische Terminologie der… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Torah study — is the study by Jewish people of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaism s religious texts. Ideally within Judaism it is done for the purpose of the mitzvah ( commandment ) of… … Wikipedia
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Midrash — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
David Weiss Halivni — David Halivni, American Israeli researcher of the Talmudic and Rabbinical literature, by courtesy of Tzahi Lerner,2009 David Weiss Halivni (Hebrew דוד הלבני) (born 1927) is an American Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish Sciences and… … Wikipedia
PaRDeS — Pardès (Kabbale) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pardès. Le Pardès, littéralement le verger , qui donnera ensuite le paradis, désigne, dans la tradition de la Kabbale juive, un lieu où l étudiant de la Torah peut atteindre un état de béatitude … Wikipédia en Français
Pardes (Kabbale) — Pardès (Kabbale) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pardès. Le Pardès, littéralement le verger , qui donnera ensuite le paradis, désigne, dans la tradition de la Kabbale juive, un lieu où l étudiant de la Torah peut atteindre un état de béatitude … Wikipédia en Français
