Sifré zutta to Numbers
By: translated by Jacob Neusner
Contributors: Horovitz, S. (Saul), 1859-1921
Series: Studies in Judaism; Studies in Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America; UPA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780761844037; 9780761844044
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Bible; Bibel; Numeri; Tannaiten; Sifrei zuta; Sifrei; Midrasch; Commentaries; Textual Criticism; Mekhilta of Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai
Other titles: Siphre d'be Rab.; Siphre ad Numeros adjecto Siphre zutta.
Work titles: Sifrei zuta. English
Description: "Sifre Zutta to Numbers is the first translation into English of H.S. Horovitz's Siphre d'be Rab: Siphre ad Numeros adjecto Siphre zutta. It aims at contributing to the characterization of Sifre Zutta to Numbers, its recurrent formal traits, its paramount qualities of rhetorical and topical exposition, and its dominant logic of coherent discourse. The author plans a systematic comparison of Sifre to Numbers and Sifre Zutta to Numbers, which will highlight the definitive characteristics and program of Sifre Zutta to Numbers. He is looking for the gross indicative qualities, such as repetition of types of inquiry and programs of analysis. These gross traits of inquiry dominate throughout and await recognition. For that purpose, securing a definitive reading among the available variations is not essential, for the range of variation is vastly outweighed by the uniformities of all extant versions of the document. They are what define the document, beginning to end, start to finish." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Translation of: Siphre d'be Rab. I. Siphre ad Numeros adjecto Siphre zutta / edited by H.S. Horovitz.