The Signifying Creator: Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism - Rilegato

Swartz, Michael D.

 
9780814740934: The Signifying Creator: Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism
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ISBN 10: 0814740936 ISBN 13: 9780814740934
Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2012

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For centuries, Jews have been known as the "people of the book." It is commonly thought that Judaism in the first several centuries CE found meaning exclusively in textual sources. But there is another approach to meaning to be found in ancient Judaism, one that sees it in the natural world and derives it from visual clues rather than textual ones. According to this conception, God embedded hidden signs in the world that could be read by human beings and interpreted according to complex systems.

In exploring the diverse functions of signs outside of the realm of the written word, Swartz introduces unfamiliar sources and motifs from the formative age of Judaism, including magical and divination texts and new interpretations of legends and midrashim from classical rabbinic literature. He shows us how ancient Jews perceived these signs and read them, elaborating on their use of divination, symbolic interpretation of physical features and dress, and interpretations of historical events. As we learn how these ancient people read the world, we begin to see how ancient people found meaning in unexpected ways.

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L'autore

Michael D. Swartz is Professor of Hebrew and Religious Studies at the Ohio State University. His books include Scholastic Magic, Mystical Prayer in Ancient Judaism, Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah (with Lawrence H. Schiffman), and Avodah: Ancient Poems for Yom Kippur (with Joseph Yahalom). He also served as Judaica Editor for the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Religion. 

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Editore
New York Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0814740936
ISBN 13 
9780814740934
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
120
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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ISBN 10:  147985557X ISBN 13:  9781479855575
Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2014
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