Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms: From Saadiah Gaon to Abraham Ibn Ezra by Uriel Simon
Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms: From Saadiah Gaon to Abraham Ibn Ezra by Uriel Simon
English | 4 Dec. 1990 | ISBN: 0791402428, 079140241X | 380 Pages | PDF | 38 MB
English | 4 Dec. 1990 | ISBN: 0791402428, 079140241X | 380 Pages | PDF | 38 MB
Uriel Simon describes the fascinating controversy that raged from the tenth to the twelfth centuries regarding the theological status and literary genre of the Psalms. Saadiah Gaon, who initiated the controversy, claimed that the Psalter was a second Torah-the Lord's word to David-and by no means man's prayer to God.