Your Voice Like a Ram's Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching

by Marc Saperstein

Book Overview

The eighteen studies in this book continue the exploration of the Jewish sermon Saperstein began in his groundbreaking Jewish Preaching 1200-1800. His new research further illustrates the importance of this genre, largely ignored by modern scholarship, as an indispensible resource for understanding Jewish history, spirituality, and thought from the High Middle Ages to the beginning of the Emancipation in Europe.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878200932
• ISBN13: 9780878200931
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"