Sava ṿe-Yanuḳa
Subtitle: ha-El, ha-ben ṿeha-mashiaḥ be-sipure ha-Zohar = Sava and Yanuka : God, the son, and the messiah in Zoharic narratives
By: Yonatan M. Ben Harosh
Series: Meḥḳar ṿe-ʻiyun; Meḥḳar ṿe-ʻiyun
Publisher: Hotsaʼat sefarim ʻa. sh. Y.L. Magnes, ha-Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Yerushalayim
Language: heb
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9789657763704; 9789657763711
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Cabala; Grandparent and child; Judaism; Relations; Christianity; Interfaith relations; Children in rabbinical literature; Grandparents in rabbinical literature; Zohar
Other titles: Saba ṿe-Yanuḳa; Sava and Yanuka :
Description: The characters of the Yanuka (the Zoharic Wunderkind) and the Sava (the wise old man), appear in various Zoharic stories, revealing themselves to the sages of the Zohar (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai and his disciples). These two figures are among the most meaningful and complex mythical figures in Zoharic literature. The main argument in this work is that the Sava and Yanuka characters are portrayed as the embodiment of God and his Son (and the Messiah). This book is the first attempt to grasp the full extent and depth of these mythical figures and the close ties that exist between them. At the same time, the book reveals an important chapter in the history of Jewish myth and contributes to the understanding of the messianic consciousness that characterizes the stories of the Sava and Yanuka in the Zohar and exposes their hidden and polemical ties with Christianity.
Notes: "The characters of the Yanuka (the Zoharic wunderkind) and the Sava (the wise old man), appear in various Zoharic stories, revealing themselves to the sages of the Zohar (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai and his disciples). These two figures are among the most meaningful and complex mythical figures in Zoharic literature. The main argument in this work is that the Sava and Yanuka characters are portrayed as the embodiment of God and his son (and the messiah). This book is the first attempt to grasp the full extent and depth of these mythical figures and the close ties that exist between them. At the same time, the book reveals an important chapter in the history of Jewish myth and contributes to the understanding of the messianic consciousness that characterizes the stories of the Sava and Yanuka in the Zohar and exposes their hidden and polemical ties with Christianity"--Publisher website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-501) and indexes.