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. On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:47 PM Heidi G Lerner via Heb-naco < heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > 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 > > Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica > > Metadata Dept. > > Stanford University Libraries > > Stanford, CA 94305-6004 > > ph: 650-725-9953 > > fax: 650-725-1120 > > e-mail: ler...@stanford.edu > _______________________________________________ > Heb-naco mailing list > Heb-naco@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco > -- *Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D. *(he, him, his) *Assistant Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services* *(Metadata Creation & Enhancement)* University of Maryland 2200 McKeldin Library College Park, MD 20742 Phone (301) 405-9337 nf...@umd.edu ORCID ID: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-1405__;!!KGKeukY!jYtnOb8uWI7WV0wyVYEe_VK41TmG8bIMrhUlzRu59nZTZEWyByIQkYLCCmrgEKQwLe3s$
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