Midrash Sinim: Hasidic Legend and Commentary on the Torah - Couverture rigide

Zhao, Yong

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1491771216 ISBN 13 : 9781491771211

Editeur : iUniverse, 2015

Synopsis

I will open my mouth with a parable;

I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;

That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,

We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done. -PSALM 78:2-4

Midrash Sinim: Hasidic Legend and Commentary on the Torah, author Yong Zhao explores the Scripture in light of Jewish tradition, archaeology, history, linguistics, literature, sociology, mathematics, geology, and so on. He offers thoughtful and intelligent commentaries, for example,

Prior to creating the world, G-d kept the Sabbath.

Adam's first prayer was for a help meet for him and the tree of life was actually an atonement tree.

By means of the flood, G-d destroyed the heaven and the earth, and re-created a new world.

Compared with Joseph, Judah was the real hero. Genesis 38 has a narrative function within the wider Joseph narrative, but far more is involved.

"Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars" (Prov. 9:1). The seven pillars refer to seven books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Talmud and Zohar) and seven righteous men (Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Amram and Moses).

In Exodus event the aliens converted to Judaism on a large scale.

While many other works on the Scriptures exist solely to relay content to readers, Midrash Sinim is found provocative and intriguing, much interesting food for thought. It unveils numerical codes, deciphers long-term puzzles, solves controversial questions and provides gripping tales of Biblical figures, through which the profundity of the Torah and Jewish traditions shines with even greater brilliance.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Hidden meanings abound in every letter and every word of the Torah. In Midrash Sinim: Hasidic Legend and Commentary on the Torah, author Yong Zhao offers thoughtful commentaries on Jewish beliefs and traditions, including the Torah and the Kabbalah. He answers the following questions in his commentaries as well: God had respect for Abel and his offering, but not Cain and his offering. Why? Ham saw the nakedness of his father, Noah, but why did Noah curse Ham's son Canaan and his offspring rather than Ham himself? How can we understand that the Tree of Life was actually an atonement tree? How can we deduce from ancient Chinese characters that Adam's fi rst prayer was for Eve and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was actually an apricot tree? How can we understand that Exodus was an epoch-making event for not only the Jews but also other nations? While many other works on the Scriptures exist solely to relay content to readers, Midrash Sinim: Hasidic Legend and Commentary on the Torah unveils complexities of numerical mysteries, unfolds controversial questions, provides creative legends, and deciphers eternal puzzles. Zhao explores mysterious components of the Torah using a straightforward approach that can inspire you to grasp Torah symbols with a critical eye. Midrash Sinim provides gripping historical, sociological, archeological, and theoretical components of the Torah, through which the profundity of Torah and Jewish traditions shines with even greater brilliance.

Biographie de l'auteur

Yong Zhao has a PhD in chemical engineering and is an associate professor at the school of environmental science and engineering (Tianjin University 300072, China). He has been a Chinese Jew since 2002. E-mail: yzhao@tju.edu.cn

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1491771216
• ISBN 13: 9781491771211
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible