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Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East provides a window for readers of English around the world into hitherto almost inaccessible halakhic and ideational writings expressing major aspects of the cultural intellectual creativity of Sephardic-Oriental rabbis in modern times. The text has three sections: Iraq, Syria, and Egypt, and each section discusses a range of original sources that reflect and represent the creativity of major rabbinic figures in these countries. The contents of the writings of these Sephardic rabbis challenge many commonly held views regarding Judaism's responses to modern challenges. By bringing an additional, non-Western voice into the intellectual arena, this book enriches the field of contemporary discussions regarding the present and future of Judaism. In addition, it focuses attention on the fact that not only was Judaism a Middle Eastern phenomenon for most of its existence but that also in recent centuries important and interesting aspects of Judaism developed in the Middle East. Both Jews and non-Jews will be enriched and challenged by this non-Eurocentric view of modern Judaic creativity.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Judaism

• Full title: Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East
• Author: Zvi Zohar
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9781441133298
• ISBN: 1441133291
• ID: 01343648
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 624 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 157 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. June 2013

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