(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Tiphereth Yisrael [on the significance of the Torah and Shavu’oth].

LOEWE, JUDAH

Daniel Zanetti

Venice

1599

Vinograd, Venice 884.

The Maharal of Prague devoted a series of theological works to the cycle of the Jewish year. While couching his works in the philosophical jargon of the day, the Maharal developed a highly original system of thought, which though informed to a degree by the Kabbalah of the Zohar, can in no way be reduced to trends within Jewish mysticism. Rather, Maharal, utilizing as his building blocks the Agadah, or non-legal portions of the Talmud, created his own symbology and constructs. Here, in Tiphereth Yisrael, Maharal sets out to establish the uniqueness of Torah among disciplines, and of Israel among nations.