RT Article
T1 Letters and Livelihood: R. Baḥya ben Asher’s Commentary on the Recitation of the Manna Story
JF The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
VO 31
IS 1
SP 1
OP 29
A1 Pinto, Idan
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1840544023
AB This article studies kabbalistic interpretation of a ritual of unknown origin: the daily recitation of the manna episode (Exod 16:1–36). This episode foregrounds a major theme in the writings of R. Baḥya ben Asher ibn Halawa (c.1255–1340) and many other medieval kabbalists: the cyclical nature of sustaining existence. Baḥya’s interpretation builds on two primary sources: R. Jacob ben Sheshet Gerondi’s commentary on Ps 145 in his kabbalistic polemic Meshiv Devarim Nekhoḥim, and a hermeneutic tradition derived from Hasidic-Ashkenazi biblical exegesis. The article also examines roughly analogous works that illuminate Baḥya’s hermeneutical outlook.
K1 Manna
K1 Psalm 145
K1 Letters
K1 Ashkenazi Hasidism
K1 Jacob ben Sheshet
K1 Baḥya ben Asher
DO 10.1163/1477285x-12341343