
A Mirror of Rabbinic Hermeneutics
Studies in Religion, Magic, and Language Theory in Ancient Judaism
Giuseppe Veltri(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-3-11-055276-8 (ISBN)
Description
Rabbinic hermeneutics in ancient Judaism reflects this multifaceted world of the text and of reality, seen as a world of reference worth commentary. As a mirror, it includes this world but perhaps also falsifies reality, adapting it to one's own aims and necessities. It consists of four parts:Part I, considered as introduction, is the description of the "Rabbinic Workshop" (Officina Rabbinica), the rabbinic world where the student plays a role and a reformation of a reformation always takes place, the world where the mirror was created and manufactured. Part II deals with the historical environment, the world of reference of rabbinic Judaism in Palestine and in the Hellenistic Diaspora (Reflecting Roman Religion); Part III focuses on magic and the sciences, as ancient (political and empirical) activities of influence in the double meaning of receiving and adopting something and of attempt to produce an effect on persons and objects (Performing the Craft of Sciences and Magic). Part IV addresses the rabbinic concern with texts (Reflecting on Languages and Texts) as the main area of "influence" of the rabbinic academy in a space between the texts of the past and the real world of the present.
Reviews / Votes
"Der überaus lesenswerte Sammelband enthält gründliche Analysen und mass-gebliche Interpretationen zu wichtigen Aspekten der Religion und Literatur des antiken und mittelalterlichen Judentums und unterstreicht insbesondere die Not-wendigkeit einer umfassenden wissenschaftlichen Beschäftigung mit Phänomenen und Gegenständen des jüdischen Alltagslebens."Michael Tilly in: Judaica 4/2015More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
477 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-055276-8 (9783110552768)
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Studies in Religion, Magic, and Language Theory in Ancient Judaism
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Studies in Religion, Magic, and Language Theory in Ancient Judaism
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Studies in Religion, Magic, and Language Theory in Ancient Judaism
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08/2015
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Giuseppe Veltri, University of Hamburg, Germany.