Judaism: Sacred Texts, History, Theology & Philosophy
Sacred Texts, Rabbinic Lore, Philosophy, Liturgy, and the Jewish Intellectual TraditionBy Louis Ginzberg, Heinrich Graetz, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, Samuel Rapaport, Simeon Singer, Nurho de Manhar, Abraham Cohen
Length601h 13m
About this audiobook
Judaism: Sacred Texts, History, Theology & Philosophy offers a capacious introduction to Jewish intellectual and spiritual life, bringing scriptural interpretation, historical inquiry, liturgical reflection, poetry, and philosophical argument into sustained conversation. Its selections range from medieval devotional and rationalist writing to modern scholarly accounts of Jewish history and tradition, illuminating Judaism as both a textual civilization and a lived inheritance. Particularly compelling are the juxtapositions of sacred exegesis with reflections on law, ethics, communal memory, and divine-human relation. The volume gathers voices associated with major currents in Jewish learning: rabbinic and historical scholarship, medieval Hebrew poetry, philosophical theology, and the transmission of Jewish worship and custom to modern readers. Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides represent formative medieval debates over faith, reason, revelation, and Jewish peoplehood, while Louis Ginzberg, Heinrich Graetz, Samuel Rapaport, Simeon Singer, Nurho de Manhar, and Abraham Cohen broaden the collection's historical, interpretive, and devotional scope. Together, these writers reveal the continuity and internal diversity of Jewish thought across centuries. Recommended for students, general readers, and scholars seeking an integrated survey, this anthology offers an exceptional opportunity to encounter multiple Jewish perspectives in one volume. Its breadth fosters careful comparison among literary forms and intellectual traditions, making it valuable both for study and for reflective reading.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Literary Classics
Length601 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
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Publish dateDec 11, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The old paths, or the Talmud tested by Scripture (Annotated)
2The Core of Judaism – All Essential Books in One Volume
3Religious Texts
4Tanakh (pt. 1)
5Tanakh (pt. 2)
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6Tanakh (pt. 3)
7Tanakh (pt. 4)
8Tanakh (pt. 5)
9Tanakh (pt. 6)
10Tanakh (pt. 7)
11Tanakh (pt. 8)
12Tanakh (pt. 9)
13Tanakh (pt. 10)
14Tanakh (pt. 11)
15Tanakh (pt. 12)
16Tanakh (pt. 13)
17Tanakh (pt. 14)
18Tanakh (pt. 15)
19Tanakh (pt. 16)
20Tanakh (pt. 17)
21Tanakh (pt. 18)
22Tanakh (pt. 19)
23Talmud
24Book 1: Tract Sabbath
25EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
26Preface To The Second Edition.
27EDITOR'S PREFACE.
28BRIEF GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD.
29INTRODUCTION TO TRACT SABBATH.
30SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME I.--TRACT SABBATH.
31TRACT SABBATH. (pt. 1)
32TRACT SABBATH. (pt. 2)
33TRACT SABBATH. (pt. 3)
34TRACT SABBATH. (pt. 4)
35SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME II.--TRACT SABBATH (pt. 1)
36SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME II.--TRACT SABBATH (pt. 2)
37SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME II.--TRACT SABBATH (pt. 3)
38SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME II.--TRACT SABBATH (pt. 4)
39Book 2: Tracts Erubin, Shekalim, Rosh Hashana
40INTRODUCTION TO TRACT ERUBIN.
41SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME III.--TRACT ERUBIN 1 (pt. 1)
42SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME III.--TRACT ERUBIN 1 (pt. 2)
43SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME III.--TRACT ERUBIN 1 (pt. 3)
44SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME III.--TRACT ERUBIN 1 (pt. 4)
45SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME III.--TRACT ERUBIN 1 (pt. 5)
46PREFACE TO TRACT SHEKALIM.
47SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME IV.--TRACT SHEKALIM.1
48TRACT SHEKALIM.
49INTRODUCTION TO TRACT ROSH HASHANA (NEW YEAR'S DAY).
50SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF TRACT ROSH HASHANA 1 (pt. 1)
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