Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts Ed edition

Jacket Description/Back: With chapters written by leading scholars specifically for this volume, 'Back to the Sources' is the first comprehensive guide to this literary legacy: the Bible, the Talmud, the midrashic literature, the commentaries, the legal codes, the mystical texts of the Kabbalah and of Hasidism, the philosophical works and the prayerbook. Marc Notes: A Touchstone book.; Includes bibliographies and index.

Contributor Bio:  Holtz, Barry W Barry W. Holtz is dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of JewishEducation at The Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is also the Theodore andFlorence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education. His books include, amongothers, Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts and Your Word IsFire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer (Jewish Lights), the latter coauthoredwith Arthur Green.