The vast major- ity of the chapters first appeared in The Jewish Free Press in my hometown of Calgary, Alberta, though a few were contributed to Ha-Atid, the magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Australia. [...] On the one hand, scholars are ap- preciative of the valuable records that have survived the ravages of history, but at the same time they are profoundly distressed to consider the vast numbers of manuscripts that have fallen victim to centuries of forced exiles, book burnings and neglect, leaving us only a miniscule remnant of the total numbers of literary works that existed in previous ages. [...] The Italian Genizah: Proceedings of the Conference Held under the Auspices of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Jewish National and University Library. [...] Although the codex has generated some extrav- agant legends concerning its antiquity, such as the one that ascribes its writing to Ezra the Scribe, it was probably written closer to the year 900 C. E. in the Land of Israel, near the birthplace of the Tiberian vocalization system of which it is the most faithful representative. [...] The scholar who added the vowels and accents was Rabbi Aaron Bar Asher, one of the most illustri- ous experts in the specialized science of the biblical text that goes by the name “Masorah.” The Masoretes developed elaborate systems for maintaining the ac- curacy of the written, consonantal text of the Bible, as well as of recording the vowels and accents, which had previously been handed down thr
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title page 4
- Contents 6
- Introduction 10
- Scribes and Scholarship 14
- 1. People of the Book 16
- 2. How to Start a Jewish newspaper 22
- 3. The European Genizah 28
- 4. The Crown of Aleppo 34
- Holiness and Heresy 42
- 5. Where Seldom is Heard a Mystical Word 44
- 6. A Dubious Blessing 50
- 7. Hiwi the Heretic 56
- Encounters and Enlightenings 62
- 8. Rabbi in the Abbey 64
- 9. Thou Shall Not Kill 72
- 10. On the Other Hand 78
- Babies, Brides and Burials 82
- 11. Birth Rites 84
- 12. May the Best Man Win 90
- 13. Beauty Versus Virtue: An Age-Old Argument 96
- 14. Who Was Rembrandt's Jewish Bride? 100
- 15. Beneath the Stars 106
- 16. All Cows Go To Heaven 114
- Congregation and Community 120
- 17. Trimming the Guest List 122
- 18. Service Interruption 126
- 19. Buddy Can You Spare a Dime? 132
- Policy and Piety 138
- 20. Taking Leave of Our Census 140
- 21. The Wagers of Sin 146
- 22. Affairs of the State 152
- 23. Prophets, Protests, and Pepper Spray 158
- 24. The Vice-President of Grenada 164
- 25. Majority Rules 172
- 26. Baldness, Bears, and Bottled Water 178
- Economics and Ethics 184
- 27. Minimizing Your Assets 186
- 28. Not All that Glisters 190
- 29. You Can Bank On It 196
- 30. Ransom Note 202
- 31. The Price Is Right 208
- Buildings and Blessings 216
- 32. Rabbi, Watch Out For That Beam 218
- 33. Beam Me Up 224
- 34. The Walls Have Ears 228
- 35. Preparing For A Prophet 234
- Life and Leisure 240
- 36. Healthy Advice From The Top Authorities 242
- 37. Tennis, Anyone? 248
- 38. Keeping The Ball In Play 254
- 39. Push Torah 260
- Creatures and Curiosities 266
- 40. The Siren's Song 268
- 40. The Power of the Human Voice 274
- 42. The Love Apple 278
- 43. Horse Sense 282
- 44. The Right Vampire 288
- 45. Going to the Ants 294
- Glossary 298
- Index 314
- Back Cover 326
