[Heb-NACO] Sacred work

[Robert M. TALBOTT]

Discussing it during the summer session is a good idea.  I also suggest the
creation of a working list of sacred works that we can all agree upon,
though I realize this may be problematic.

B


On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:58 AM Neil Manel Frau-Cortes via Heb-naco <
heb-naco at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> I think this is a great question, and probably the fruit of applying an
> anglocentric category to a body of literature that doesn't match. We should
> consider if anything we call *sifre kodesh* is actually a sacred text in
> the spirit of the LC category.
>
> That said, even inside of the sphere of *sifre kodesh*, I think that the
> Zohar is major, called *Zohar ha-kadosh, *which is a qualificative we
> don't find applied to many other rabbinic works. This brings me to the
> question: what else is Sacred Texts in our cannon? Other than the Tanakh,
> should we include the Talmud (Mishnah, Tosefta?)? I wouldn't include the
> midrash as a number of rishonim, like Duran, consider it to be holy, yet
> "not to be taken literally." Yet, the Zohar is midrashic in nature. It's
> all a conundrum. If people are interested, perhaps we can talk more about
> that in our RAS Cataloging Summer meeting, since the Winter's agenda is
> already quite full.
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> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:47 PM Heidi G Lerner via Heb-naco <
> heb-naco at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a question: for purposes of correct application of LC Subject
>> Heading Manual and RDA, is the Zohar considered a Sacred work.
>>
>> Thanks , Heidi
>>
>> Heidi G. Lerner
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