The En Yaaqov: Jacob Ibn Habib's Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus

by Marjorie Lehman

Examines the origins of the En Yaaqov in the tumultuous medieval period and the motivations of its creator, exiled Spanish rabbi Jacob ibn Habib.

After his expulsion from Spain in 1492, Jacob ibn Habib created the En Yaaqov, a collection of Talmudic aggadah (non-legal material), by removing the majority of the Talmud's legal portions but preserving the chapter order of the remaining material and adding his own introduction and running...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334806
• ISBN13: 9780814334805
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"