Jewish Identity In Early Rabbinic Writings

Author : Stern
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004332766
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings written by Stern and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings is more than a question of legal status: it is the experience of being Jewish or of 'Jewishness' in all its social and cultural dimensions. This work describes this experience as it emerges in Talmudic and Midrashic sources. Besides the question of “who is a Jew?”, topics include the contrast between Israel and the non-Jews, the physical embodiment of Jewish identity, the 'boundaries' of Israel and resistance to assimilation. Jewish identity, it is argued, hinges essentially on the Divine commandments (mitzvot) and on Israel's perceived proximity with the Divine. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including the theories of William James and Merleau-Ponty, this study raises important issues in anthropology, as well as accounting for central aspects of early rabbinic Judaism.

Author : Sacha Stern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004100121
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish identity in early rabbinic writings written by Sacha Stern and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jordan Rosenblum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521195985
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism written by Jordan Rosenblum and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food often defines societies and even civilizations. Through particular commensality restrictions, groups form distinct identities. This identity is enacted daily, turning the biological need to eat into a culturally significant activity. In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism. Bringing together the scholarship of rabbinics with that of food studies, this volume first examines the historical reality of food production and consumption in Roman-era Palestine. It then explores how early rabbinic food regulations created a distinct Jewish, male, and rabbinic identity.

Author : Moshe Lavee
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004352058
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism written by Moshe Lavee and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism, Moshe Lavee offers an account of crucial internal developments in the rabbinic corpus, showing how the Babylonian Talmud challenged and extended the rabbinic model of conversion to Judaism.

Author : Sacha Stern
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1909821799
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time and Process in Ancient Judaism written by Sacha Stern and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illuminating study is about the absence of time as an entity in itself in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Evidence is drawn from a complete range of Jewish sources from this period.

Author : Sarit Kattan Gribetz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691242097
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism written by Sarit Kattan Gribetz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identity The rabbinic corpus begins with a question–“when?”—and is brimming with discussions about time and the relationship between people, God, and the hour. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism explores the rhythms of time that animated the rabbinic world of late antiquity, revealing how rabbis conceptualized time as a way of constructing difference between themselves and imperial Rome, Jews and Christians, men and women, and human and divine. In each chapter, Sarit Kattan Gribetz explores a unique aspect of rabbinic discourse on time. She shows how the ancient rabbinic texts artfully subvert Roman imperialism by offering "rabbinic time" as an alternative to "Roman time." She examines rabbinic discourse about the Sabbath, demonstrating how the weekly day of rest marked "Jewish time" from "Christian time." Gribetz looks at gendered daily rituals, showing how rabbis created "men's time" and "women's time" by mandating certain rituals for men and others for women. She delves into rabbinic writings that reflect on how God spends time and how God's use of time relates to human beings, merging "divine time" with "human time." Finally, she traces the legacies of rabbinic constructions of time in the medieval and modern periods. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism sheds new light on the central role that time played in the construction of Jewish identity, subjectivity, and theology during this transformative period in the history of Judaism.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literature of Early Rabbinic Judaism written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Neusner
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004667164
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Rabbinic Judaism written by Neusner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hyam MacCoby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521285537
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Rabbinic Writings written by Hyam MacCoby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-05-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbinic texts are often cited in New Testament and Old Testament studies, but hitherto there has been no easy way for a student to grasp the scope and variety of the relevant rabbinic writings. This book introduces the student to the full range of the early rabbinic writings, with a thorough introduction and notes, so that both a bird's eye view of the literature as well as close aquaintance with typical and important texts can be obtained. This will enable the reader to embark on further study with a clearer orientation. The book also aims to correct many mistaken views about rabbinic Judaism arising from outdated conceptions of the relation between Christianity and Judaism.

Author : Simcha Fishbane
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004158332
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature written by Simcha Fishbane and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of early Rabbinic texts provides fresh and fascinating insights into the attitudes of the Rabbis towards "outsiders."