"We present here a fully annotated translation of both the Gaon's Arabic rendition of the Bible from the section of 'Bereshith' to 'Vayetze' and his flowing com

This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that

Sefer Yetzirah, Book of Formation, or Book of Creation is the title of the earliest extant book on Jewish esotericism, although some early commentators treated

Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbin