Rabad of Posquiers

A Twelfth-Century Talmudist

Edited by Isadore Twersky

    I. Life

    1. Family and Teachers

    2. Provence in the Twelfth Century

    3. Teaching and Writing

    4. Personalit

    5. Influence

    II. Works

    1. Early Writings

    2. Talmud Commentaries

    3. Codes

    4. Commentaries on Halakic Midrashim

    5. Mishnah Commentaries

    6. Sermons and Responsa

    7. Hassagot on Alfasi, Razah, and Maimonides

    III. Works II: Criticism of the Mishneh Torah

    1. Literature on the Mishneh Torah

    2. Corroborative or Explanatory Hassagot

    3. Critical Glosses and Animadversions

    4. Rabad's Motives in Composing the Hassagot

    IV. Sources

    1. Talmudic Sources

    2. Post-Talmudic Sources

    V. Disciples and Followers

    1. Disciples

    2. Contemporary Followers and Correspondents

    3. Descendants

    VI. Relation to Philosophy and Kabbalah

    1. Attitude Toward Secular Learning

    2. Use of Philosophic Literature

    3. Rabad and Kabbalah

    List of Abbreviations

    Note on References

    Bibliography

    Index

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Isadore Twersky was Nathan Littauer Professor of Jewish History and Philosophy at Harvard University.