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Weiss was a child prodigy in talmud in a small hungarian town. A life of learning in the shadow of destruction by david weiss halivni 19961002 hardcover 1625 by david weiss halivni author. In halivnis books peshat and derash and revelation restored, he attempts to harmonize biblical criticism with traditional religious belief using a. Divine writ and critical responses radical traditions by weiss halivni, david and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Together with the nomads, chan executes a daring return to the capital and an audacious plan to capture qian lung once and for all. The book and the sword is available in bookstores now. Mekorot umesorot hebrew, a projected ten volume commentary on the talmud. The book and the sword is the memoir of talmudic scholar david weiss halivni, a professor of religion at columbia, who recalls his own. Although he spent time in a sighet ghetto, and then was successively in auschwitz, wolfsberg, and ebensee, he does not dwell on the holocaust in this memoir. Professor weiss halivni will discuss the key issues of faith after the shoah. The book and the sword a life of learning in the shadow of destruction by david weiss halivni. The words and world of the talmud had filled his imagination as a child.
Rabbi david weiss halivni hebrew born 1927 is an american israeli worldacclaimed scholar in the domain of jewish sciences and professor of talmud, born in carpathian ruthenia. Breaking the tablets is david weiss halivni s eloquent and insightful response to this question. Rabbi halivni resides in israel, where he teaches and continues to work on his magnum opus. He spent thirty years as a member of the faculty of the jewish theological seminary prior to. He was recognized quite early as an ilui, a talmudic prodigy. Pdf in the shadow of the sword download read online free. The book and the sword available for download and read online in other formats. The book and the sword by david weiss halivni books. David weiss halivni s the formation of the babylonian talmud, originally published in hebrew and here translated by jeffrey l. Book and the sword special 56m 4s ezra reads the bible to illiterate judeans in 458 b. A life of learning in the shadow of destruction, appeared in 1996. The formation of the babylonian talmud by david weiss. Halivni classical jewish civilization, columbia univ. David weiss halivni is the author of the book and the sword 4.
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Among his awards are the guggenheim and louis ginsberg fellowships, and grants from the council for research in the humanities and the natuional endowment for the humanities. Halivni presents the summation of a lifetime of scholarship and the conclusions of his multivolume talmudic. Jewish theology after the shoah, a collection of essays on holocaust theology. His determination to place the two salient facts of his life in more than an accidental relationship is the animating impulse behind the book and the sword, and it is what makes the book both important and in some respects unique. What can the holocaust mean for persons who have devoted their lives to jewish belief and practice. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Holocaust museum oral history interview with rabbi david.
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