Search for dissertations about: "mitsvah"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word mitsvah.

2. 1. The Message of a Mitsvah: The Mezuzah in Rabbinic Literature

   Author : Eva-Maria Jansson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Non-Christian religions; Rabbinic literature; addition; notion; mezuzah; mitsvah; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : The present study deals with different aspects of the mitsvat mezuzah in Rabbinic literature from the first to the sixteenth centuries, with some emphasis on the medieval sources. Through a charting of statements regarding the mezuzah as an object, and the mitsvat mezuzah and its fulfilment, an overview is given of the development of the mezuzah and the perception of it. READ MORE