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Herald Of Destiny The story of the Jews in the medieval era 750-1650 By Rabbi Berel Wein (Author)  List Price: $59.99 Online Discount: 10% You Pay Only: $53.99 Catalog #: HERA ISBN-10: 0899062377 ISBN-13: 9780899062372 Binding: Hardcover / Pages: 333 Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches / Weight: 3.00 LBS Published: by Shaar Press In Stock?: YES Quantity:  1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950

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Through his hundreds of lectures, Rabbi Wein has brought the Torah perspective on history to thousands of listeners. In this original work, he paints a magnificent, panoramic picture of our people in the centuries that shaped us and our world. This major work has the touches of luxury you expect in books of this magnitude, including a ribbon place-marker and embossed foil-stamped jacket. Large 8-1/2" x 11" "coffee-table" format. Beautifully written and illustrated, it is accurate and incisive, yet personal and passionate. It is informative, provocative, and inspiring. Seldom is must reading so enjoyable.

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Table of Contents

Section I: Transition 750-1000

• Babylonia
• Geonim / Decline of Babylonian Jewry / Rav Saadya Gaon / The Jewish Center of Babylonia Ends / The Four Hostages

• The End of the Geonic Period
• Rabbis Sherira and Hai Gaon / Changing of the Guard - Rav Hai Gaon / New Leadership

• The Jews Come to Spain (700-1100)
• Chisdai Ibn Shaprut / The Jewish Khazar Kingdom / Chisdai's Proteges / Shmuel HaNagid / Yosef HaNagid / Ibn Gabirol / Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi

• The Jews in Western Europe
• The Kalonymus Family / Rabbeinu Gershom / Italian Jewry / Provence

• The House of Rashi
• Rashi's Commentary to the Talmud / Rashi's Commentary to the Bible / The Tosafos / Commentary to the Talmud / Rabbeinu Tam / Other Major Tosafists

• Life in the Middle Ages
• Moslem Society / Christian Society / Feudal Society / Fun and Childhood / Towns

• Poetry, Liturgy, and Prayer
• Piyutim and Paytanim / Rabbi Elazar Hakalir / The Poets of Spain / The Poets of Italy / The Poets of Provence / Ashkenazic Poets

• The Golden Age Wanes
• Golden Age for Torah / Rabbi Moshe Ibn Ezra / Poet and Philosopher / Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra / The Almohads

• Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon
• Spanish Roots / The Pen of Moshe / In Defense of the Weakened / In the Emperor's Court / Mishneh Torah / Court Intrigue

• The Wise Men of Provence
• Heirs to the Geonim / Provence Develops / Rabbi Yosef Kimchi / Provence's Philosophers / Philosophical Greatness

• The Age of the Crusades
• The First Crusade / The Second Crusade / The Third Crusade / The Fourth and Fifth Crusades / Scholarly Achievements / Ashkenazic Jewry After the Crusades

• The Black Death
• Rabbinic Enactments / German and Austrian Jewry after the Plague

• The End of Jewish Spain
• The Cristian Reconquest of Spain / Debating the Faith / The Controversy Regarding Rambam / Rambam's Works are Burned / The Burning of the Talmud / Reconciliation / The End of Jewish Spain
• Rashba / Rosh / The Great Schism / The Beginning of the End / The Ran and His Disciples / Apostates / The Great Debate at Tortosa / The End Draws Near / The Inquisition / Abarbanel / The Expulsion of 1492

• The Bitter Aftermath
• Expulsion from Portuagal / Dovid HaReuveni / Resettlement of the Sephardim

• Kabbalah
• Kabbalah Among the Sephardim and Provencal Jews / Kabbalah in Germany / The Ari and Lurianic Kabbalah / The Influence of Kabbalah

• Jews in the Renaissance
• Italy / The Printing Press / Discrediting of Aristotle / Don Yosef Nasi