The Torah Revealed: Talmudic Masters Unveil the Secrets of the Bible - Hardcover

Finkel, Avraham Yaakov

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787969206 ISBN 13: 9780787969202

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2004

Synopsis

In The Torah Revealed, distinguished Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel brings together in one comprehensive and accessible resource expert commentary from the Talmud on key passages contained in every portion of the Torah. This important book provides an inspiring commentary on the Five Books of Moses culled from a huge body of work that represents the thoughts of the greatest Talmudic authorities of all time. This book offers an invaluable guide for rabbis preparing their weekly sermons, individuals wanting to understand the deeper meaning of the  “parsha,” and students of the Torah and Talmud needing an expert analysis and explanation of the written text. The Torah Revealed helps readers to understand the significance of the Torah’s passages illuminating explicit stories, underlying allegories, metaphors, and symbolic meanings. It highlights the lessons that can be learned and applied to our own daily lives and the different ways the passages can be interpreted.

 

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From the Publisher

“From time immemorial our experts have striven to show how the written Torah and the oral Torah are two sides of the same coin. Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel has utilized his manifold talents of research, elucidation and presentation to create a noteworthy commentary that fuses the written with the oral. I believe that this will remain a lasting literary achievement.”--Rabbi David Cohen, Congregation Gvul Yaavetz, Brooklyn, New York

 “The noted author Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel has offered up yet another indispensable literary offering at the table of the Jewish world. The Torah Revealed is a contribution that will enrich the scholar and layman alike. One is immediately introduced to the related teachings of rabbinic literature gleaned from the vast corpus of the Talmud and Midrash. This wealth of information has been carefully collected and organized from the broad and multifaceted body of rabbinic writings. My beracha is that the author continue to produce works of high quality and scholarship that not only enlighten but give everyone the inspiration to fulfill their own potential and greatness.”--Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum, Congregation Nachlas Yitzchok

 “The prolific author in this his newest book has made a similar contribution to English Judaica literature that is similar to the one made to Hebrew literature by Rabbi Boruch Epstein over one hundred years ago in the highly acclaimed Torah Temima. May Rabbi Finkel have the merit to continue to enrich English-speaking Jewish homes with his faithful rendition of our illustrious heritage.” --Yisroel Rokowsky, Rosh Haeshiva, Ohr Somayach, Tannenbaum Educational Center

From the Inside Flap

Throughout the ages, rabbis and scholars have offered their wise and inspirational commentary on the Torah, the Five Books of Moses. These commentaries were transmitted from generation to generation through oral tradition. About two thousand years ago, however, this oral tradition began to be preserved in what was eventually known as the Talmud. The Talmud’s vast wealth of wisdom is contained in sixty-three volumes.

Studying the written Torah with its oral component offers a taste of the Torah in its purest form–the Torah and Jewish tradition as transmitted by God to Moses at Sinai.

In The Torah Revealed, distinguished Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel brings together in one comprehensive and accessible resource expert commentary from the Talmud on key passages contained in every portion of the Torah. This important book provides an inspiring commentary on the Five Books of Moses culled from a huge body of work that represents the thoughts of the greatest talmudic authorities of all time.

This book offers an invaluable guide for rabbis preparing their weekly sermons, individuals wanting to understand the deeper meaning of the "parsha," and students of the Torah and Talmud needing an expert analysis and explanation of the written text. The Torah Revealed helps readers to understand the significance of the Torah’s passages, illuminating explicit stories, underlying allegories, metaphors, and symbolic meanings. It highlights the lessons that can be learned and applied to our daily lives and the different ways the passages can be interpreted.

The Torah Revealed offers us a special opportunity to experience the rare nature and exhilaration of Torah study as we listen to, internalize, and ultimately participate in the transmission of eternal wisdom that is at the core of the Jewish spiritual heritage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0787969206
• ISBN 13: 9780787969202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 382