The talmud, the foundational document of classical judaism, is a forbidding, multivolume work with a reputation for difficulty that derives not only from its vast size and abstruse terminology but also from many passages that simply do not appear to make. The book and the sword david weiss halvini macmillan. Professor weiss halivni will discuss the key issues of faith after the shoah. The book and the sword by david weiss halivni commentary. Breaking the tablets is david weiss halivnis eloquent and insightful response to this question. He serves as reish metivta of the union for traditional judaisms rabbinical school. The book and the sword by david weiss halivni is available. David weiss halivni s the formation of the babylonian talmud, originally published in hebrew and here translated by jeffrey l. David weiss halivni emerges his original approach to.
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David weiss halivni emerges his original approach to critical study of the talmudic text not only in its modern printed form but as it was in its original form, the oral torah from the mouths of countless sages. Halivni, auschwitz survivor and one of the greatest talmudic scholars of the past century, declares that at this time of gods near absence, jews can still observe the words of the torah and pray for god to come near again. He was recognized quite early as an ilui, a talmudic prodigy. Halivni, professor of religion at columbia university and author of the ninevolume commentary sources and traditions, grew up in the town of sighet in the carpathian mountains, the same village where elie wiesel, a close friend, was raised. David weiss halivni is one of the jewish worlds leading talmudists and theologians. He began his studies before he was five and he became famous for his erudition even before his ordination, at the age of fifteen, in 1943. It initially called itself the union for traditional conservative judaism but dropped conservative from its title when it broke with the conservative movement. The task is to reach out to heaven when it is cloudy.
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He is also the author of the english language volumes peshat and derash, revelation restored, his memoirs the book and the sword and others. A life of learning in the shadow of destruction david weiss halivni on. The teenaged weiss who later appended a hebrew equivalent, halivni, to his surname arrived with a group of 15 refugee children at a jewish orphanage in the bronx on feb. The book and the sword, and a book on postholocaust theology, breaking the tablets. In the 6th century ad, the near east was divided between two great empires. He served on the faculty of the jewish theological seminary for 30 years prior to his appointment as littauer professor of talmud and.
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