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@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. > > 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 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://nfrau@umd.edu__;!!KGKeukY!jYtnOb8uWI7WV0wyVYEe_VK41TmG8bIMrhUlzRu59nZTZEWyByIQkYLCCmrgEJupAd-M$> > > ORCID ID: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-1405__;!!KGKeukY!l2XRiO2_k90aGuqMUcqhXCefk3ln2QFnYil4X1STCFG4zX2DSUUpGViB5flJk_ufnYT7$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-1405__;!!KGKeukY!jYtnOb8uWI7WV0wyVYEe_VK41TmG8bIMrhUlzRu59nZTZEWyByIQkYLCCmrgEKQwLe3s$> > > > _______________________________________________ > Heb-naco mailing list > Heb-naco@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco > -- Bob Talbott Hebraica cataloger/Curatorial Assistant to the Judaica Collection UC Berkeley 250 Moffitt Berkeley, CA 94720 Lue musaraba shu biburueada Bilgameshe nam habadabkure.
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