| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Divinations: rereading late ancient religion |
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Divinations.
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| Contents |
Introduction : The Narration of Temple Ritual as Rabbinic Memory in the Late Second or Early Third Century -- Rabbis as Jurists of Judaean Ritual Law and Competing Claims for Authority -- The Temple, the Great Court, and the Rabbinic Invention of the Past -- Narrative Form and Rabbinic Authority -- Constructing Sacred Space -- The Mishnah in the Context of a Wider Judaean, Christian, and Roman Temple Discourse -- Conclusion : The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis -- Appendix A : The Mishnah's Temple Ritual Narratives and Court-Centered Ritual Narratives -- Appendix B : Mishnaic Narratives in Which a Rabbi or Rabbis Issue an Opinion with Respect to a Case |
| Summary |
The author provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine |
| Analysis |
Ancient Studies |
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Jewish Studies |
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Religion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-223) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) -- In rabbinical literature.
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| SUBJECT |
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) fast |
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Mishnah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Mishnah fast |
| Subject |
Rabbis -- Office.
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Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Judaism -- Talmudic period
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Rabbis -- Office
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Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in rabbinical literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012014283 |
| ISBN |
9780812207460 |
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0812207467 |
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