Masters of the World.Masters of the World Rabbi Yonatan Kolatch KTAV Publishing House Inc. 930 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306 0881259365 $35.00 www.ktav.com Written by Rabbi Yonatan Kolatch, Masters of the World: Traditional Jewish Bible Commentary from the First Through Tenth Centuries, Volume 1 is an extensive exploration of traditional Jewish Bible commentary. Devoting each weekly Torah portion In Jewish services, the Torah is read over the course of a year, with one major portion read each week in the Sabbath morning service. This weekly Torah portion is called Parashat ha-Shavua in Hebrew, or popularly just parashah (or parshah) for short. to the exclusive commentary of a different individual scholar, Masters of the World allows the reader to become familiar with a wide variety of commentators through presenting a significant portion of each one's work. This first volume presents the work of commentators Chazal, Targumim, Zohar, R. Saadia Gaon Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon (882 or 892–942),[1] (Hebrew: סעדיה בן יוסף גאון , the Spanish linguists A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies linguistics. Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows more than 2 languages), or a grammarian, but these two uses of the word are distinct. and the Ba'alei Masorah in chronological order, with forthcoming volumes to represent others. Extensive notes and an index round out this rigorous and scholarly compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of Judaic theological discussion, especially recommended for religious, Judaic, and Biblical studies Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures. shelves. |
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