The Secret of the Torah: A Translation of Abraham Ibn Ezra's Sefer Yesod Mora Ve-Sod Ha-Torah - Hardcover

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568212968 ISBN 13: 9781568212968

Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995

Synopsis

Ibn Ezra opens the Yesod Mora with an evaluation of the various branches of knowledge, noting that man's rational soul separates human beings from the rest of the animal kingdom. He then analyzes the role of traditional learning in the development of the soul.
Ibn Ezra addresses the importance of the knowledge of grammar, stating that one cannot fully understand the text of the Torah without it. He also discusses the study of the Bible and the Talmud, arguing that one cannot properly comprehend the Talmud if one does not know the sciences, for there are many passages in the Pentateuch and the Talmud that are either incomprehensible or given to misinterpretation by one who has no prior knowledge of the sciences.
This translation and annotation of Ibn Ezra's Yesod Mora offers the English-reading public a chance to acquaint themselves firsthand with a classic work by one of the most outstanding Jewish scholars of medieval Jewry.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew

About this edition

• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1568212968
• ISBN 13: 9781568212968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224