Isaac Abravanel’s Question and Joseph Hayyun’s Answer
2016; Equinox Publishing; Volume: 35; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1558/rsth.27802
ISSN1747-5414
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Linguistic Studies
ResumoIn the second half of the fifteenth century, Isaac Abravanel addressed a question to Rabbi Joseph Hayyun, the spiritual leader of the Lisbon Jewish Community: Did God dictate the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) to Moses word for word as he did in the case of the other four books of the Torah, or was this book created independently by Moses? According to the author, Abravanel’s question and Joseph Hayyun’s answer mark a new chapter in the history of examining the level of creative freedom Moses had in writing the Torah.
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