| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Series |
Divinations.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. The Riddle, or: How Did the Evil Yetzer Become a Mighty King? -- Chapter 1. "The Torah Spoke Regarding the Yetzer": Tannaitic Literature -- Chapter 2. Yetzer and Other Demons: Patristic Parallels -- Chapter 3. Yetzer at Qumran: Proto-Rabbinic? -- Chapter 4. Coming of Age: Amoraic Yetzer -- Chapter 5. Refuting the Yetzer: The Limits of Rabbinic Discursive Worlds -- Chapter 6. Sexualizing the Yetzer -- Chapter 7. Weak Like a Female, Strong Like a Male: Yetzer and Gender -- Afterword. Toward a Genealogy of the Rabbinic Subject -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Source Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
This study examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination. Analyzing the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the yetzer in rabbinic literature, Rosen-Zvi contends that the term should not be read under the traditional rubric of sexual desire, but rather in the context of ancient Jewish demonology |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Notes |
OldControl:muse9780812204209 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Yetzer hara (Judaism)
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Yetzer hara (Judaism)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812204209 |
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0812204204 |
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