We never did (yet) get around to compiling an official list of what’s included
in the term “sacred works”, did we? To the best of my recollection, it includes
only Scripture, i.e., for Judaism, the Oral and Written Law. It does not
include liturgy or other religious works. Last summer Ahava did
Hi Haim,
The definition for religious iwork" in the updated RDA Toolkit is a much looser
definition than in the first iteration:
"
Religious work
A work that is held sacred by a religion and its followers, or a work that has
a direct association with a sacred work.
See also: liturgical work"
Remember we had a meeting about this? Someone was supposed to give us a list of
sacred works. So far, I only know of Mishnah, Talmud and Bible.
Marlene Schiffman
Metadata and Services Department
Gottesman Library
Yeshiva University
500 West 185th Street
New York, N.Y. 10033
Gottesman Library
Hi Hevre,
Does Sacred works include works about the Kabbala or Kabbalistic texts? The
question has to do with the subdivision of Introductions.
All my best,
Haim
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Haim A. Gottschalk
Hebraica and Judaica Cataloging Librarian
Asian and Middle Eastern Division, Israel and Judaica
