
Reading the Human Body
Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism
Mladen Popovic(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 5. June 2007
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-90-04-15717-0 (ISBN)
Description
This study deals with physiognomic and astrological texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls that represent one of the earliest examples of ancient Jewish science. For the first time the Hebrew physiognomic-astrological list 4Q186 (4QZodiacal Physiognomy) and the Aramaic physiognomic list 4Q561 (4QPhysiognomy ar) are comprehensively studied in relation to both physiognomic and astrological writings from Babylonian and Greco-Roman traditions. New reconstructions and interpretations of these learned lists are offered that result in a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within both the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism at large, showing that Jewish culture in Palestine participated in the cultural exchange of learned knowledge between Babylonian and Greco-Roman cultures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
All those interested in the history of astrology, physiognomics, science, magic, and medicine, especially in Ancient Judaism, Babylonian and Greco-Roman traditions, as well as biblical scholars, classicists, and assyriologists.
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-15717-0 (9789004157170)
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Reading the Human Body
Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism
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Mladen Popovic, Ph.D. (2006) in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has published articles and reviews in Dead Sea Discoveries, Journal for the Study of Judaism, and Revue de Qumran.