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The Second Zohar: The Rabbinic Break with the Past

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About ten years ago, a handful of academic scholars began a back-to-the-sources investigation of the liturgy, laws, and customs developed by the Rabbinate over the centuries. This investigation has been dubbed “Torah Archaeology” because these scholars attempt to reconstruct the world of the ancient Hebrews based on comparative and historical textual analysis.

These scholars have asked questions such as:

What is prayer?

What is the origin of Rosh Hashanah?

How can we compare the philosophy and religion of our ancient, long dead, ancestors to the philosophy and religion of the Rabbinate?

How did the ancients envision God?

Who is the True Leader of the Jewish community?

Over the centuries, in what ways has the Rabbinate broken with its ancient past to create a religion the Rabbinate's ancestors would not recognize?

These questions and more are discussed in the essays written by Judah HaLevi in The Second Zohar.

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You are free to share, copy, or redistribute the materials in this text in any medium or format. You are free to adapt, reuse, modify, transform, or build upon the materials in this text for any purpose whatsoever, even commercially.

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition

The Second Zohar: The Rabbinic Break with the Past

3/5 ( ratings)

About ten years ago, a handful of academic scholars began a back-to-the-sources investigation of the liturgy, laws, and customs developed by the Rabbinate over the centuries. This investigation has been dubbed “Torah Archaeology” because these scholars attempt to reconstruct the world of the ancient Hebrews based on comparative and historical textual analysis.

These scholars have asked questions such as:

What is prayer?

What is the origin of Rosh Hashanah?

How can we compare the philosophy and religion of our ancient, long dead, ancestors to the philosophy and religion of the Rabbinate?

How did the ancients envision God?

Who is the True Leader of the Jewish community?

Over the centuries, in what ways has the Rabbinate broken with its ancient past to create a religion the Rabbinate's ancestors would not recognize?

These questions and more are discussed in the essays written by Judah HaLevi in The Second Zohar.

Open Access Policy

You are free to share, copy, or redistribute the materials in this text in any medium or format. You are free to adapt, reuse, modify, transform, or build upon the materials in this text for any purpose whatsoever, even commercially.

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition

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