Hellenism in Jewish Palestine; Studies in the Literary Transmission Beliefs and Manners of Palestine in the I Century B.C.E. -- IV Century C.E.
New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1962. Improved Second Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xvi, 231, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustration Key to Abbreviations. Index. Some text in Greek and some in Hebrew. Slight cover wear and soiling. Name of previous (second) owner inside front cover, half-title page and on title page. Inscribed to the first previous owner by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To a great American To a warm Jew To General David Sarnoff respect and affection Saul Lieberman. Includes an Appreciation of Louis S. Brush by Professor Alexander Marx. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface, Introduction. Chapters on The Texts of Scripture in the Early Rabbinic Period, Corrections to the Soferim, Critical Marks in the Hebrew Bible, The Ten Dotted Places in the Torah, Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture, The Hermeneutic Rules of the Aggadah, The Publication of the Mishnah, The alleged Ban on Greek Wisdom, Rabbinic Polemics Against Idolatry, Heathen Idolatrous Rites in Rabbinic Literature, The Three Abrogations of Johanan the High priest, Heather Pre-Sacrifical Rites in the Light of Rabbinic Sources, The consecration of a Victim in Heather Rites, Blemishes in Sacrifices, the Temple: Its Lay-Out and Procedure, The Natural Science of the Rabbis, Appendix I Bath Kol, Appendix II The Publication of the Torah, Appendix III, Jewish and Christian Codices, Additions and Corrections, and Additions and Corrections to Greek in Jewish Palestine. This is Volume XVIII of the Texts and Studies of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and was produced with the support of The Stroock Publication Fund. Saul Lieberman (May 28, 1898 – March 23, 1983), also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or, among some of his students, The Gra"sh (Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul), was a rabbi and a Talmudic scholar. He served as Professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA) for over 40 years, and for many years was dean of the Harry Fischel Institute in Israel and also president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. He studied Talmudic philology and Greek language and literature at the Hebrew University, where he was appointed lecturer in Talmud in 1931. In 1940, he was invited by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America to serve as professor of Hellenism and Jewish literature. In 1949 he was appointed dean, and in 1958 rector, of the Seminary's rabbinical school. His two English volumes, Greek in Jewish Palestine (1942) and Hellenism in Jewish Palestine (1950), which also appeared in a Hebrew translation, illustrate the influence of Hellenistic culture on Jewish Palestine in the first centuries C.E. David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was an American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television. Throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970. He ruled over an ever-growing telecommunications and media empire that included both RCA and NBC, and became one of the largest companies in the world. Named a Reserve Brigadier General of the Signal Corps in 1945, Sarnoff thereafter was widely known as "The General."
Sarnoff is credited with Sarnoff's law, which states that the value of a broadcast network is proportional to the number of viewers. Hellenistic Judaism was a form of Judaism in classical antiquity that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Greek culture. Until the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the early Muslim conquests of the eastern Mediterranean, the main centers of Hellenistic Judaism were Alexandria in Egypt and Antioch in Syria (now in southern Turkey), the two main Greek urban settlements of the Middle East and North Africa region, both founded at the end of the fourth century BCE in the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic Judaism also existed in Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period, where there was conflict between Hellenizers and traditionalists. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: David Sarnoff, Jews, Hellenism, Palestine, Torah, Rabbi, Louis Brush, Alexander Marx, Idolatry, Sacrifice, Soferim, Aggadah, Mishnah, Johanan, Bath Kol, Scripture, Hermeneutic Rules, Consecration
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