{"product_id":"creativity-and-tradition-9780674023932","title":"Creativity and Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume brings together 16 of Ta-Shma's outstanding studies (4 published here for the first time). These essays focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah; kabbalah and spirituality; childhood; and popular religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Israel Ta-Shma was a prolific and gifted writer. He fused a profound knowledge of Jewish legal sources with the latest theories in European history, plumbing the arcane depths of medieval Hebrew manuscripts and obscure historical periods with an ease that allows the reader to enjoy the excitement of the chase. This volume gathers sixteen of his English articles, most of which appeared over the course of the past two decades. For the interested layman, it is an opportunity to discover the richness of Jewish intellectual history during the ‘Dark Ages.’ * Jewish Book World *","brand":"Harvard Center for Jewish Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403529462103,"sku":"9780674023932","price":25.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creativity-and-tradition-9780674023932","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}