Time and Process in Ancient Judaism - Brossura

Stern, Sacha

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1904113680 ISBN 13: 9781904113683

Casa editrice: Littman Library of Jewish, 2007

Riassunto

Stern (Jewish studies, U. of London) searched all the ancient Jewish sources, looking for indications that time was linear or cyclical or both, was absolute or relative, whether saving time was ethical and wasting it not, and so forth. He found no indications of any of it, and concluded that the peo

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Recensione:

Time and Process in Ancient Judaism is an original and sophisticated study of a subject that is of considerable importance for historians of the relationship of Jews to Graeco-Roman culture in late antiquity. --Martin Goodman

This excellent, illuminating, insightful, perceptive, cogently argued, clearly written book is one of the most interesting books I have read in a long time, offering a new perspective on the world-view of ancient Judaism and its links with other cultures of the Near East of late antiquity. Stern casts his new wide and his findings are intriguing . . . Readers may find this book a source of delight and astonishing breadth, one that they cannot put down. It makes an original contribution to the fields of Rabbinics and Jewish studies. It is also cross-disciplinary with the fields of philosophy, classics, history of ideas, history in general, and anthropology. --David B. Levy, H-Judaic

This is a well-informed study raising issues of the degree of Hellenization of ancient Judaism, as well as links between Judaism and other ancient Near Eastern cultures. --Stephen D. Benin, Religious Studies Review

L'autore:

Sacha Stern is Reader in Rabbinic Judaism at University College London. His published works include Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings (1994) and Calendar and Community: A History of the Jewish Calendar, Second Century BCE Tenth Century CE (2001).

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• Editore: Littman Library of Jewish
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1904113680
• ISBN 13: 9781904113683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144