Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the RabbisCondition: NewISBN-10: 0812244575EAN: 9780812244571ISBN: 9780812244571Publisher: University of Pennsylvania PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/06/2012Description: When the rabbis composed the Mishnah in the late second or early third century C.E., the Jerusalem Temple had been destroyed for more then a century. Why, then, do the Temple and its ritual feature so prominently in the Mishnah? Against the view that the rabbis were reacting directly to the destruction and asserting that nothing had changed, Naftali S. Cohn argues that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis in their own time. They described the Temple and its ritual in a unique way that helped to establish their authority within the context of Roman dominance.At the time the Mishnah was created, the rabbis were not the only ones talking extensively about the Temple: other Judaeans (including followers of Jesus), Christians, and even Roman emperors produced texts and other cultural artifacts centered on the Jerusalem Temple. Looking back at the procedures of Temple ritual, the rabbis created in the Mishnah a past and a Temple in their own image, which lent legitimacy to their claim to be the only authentic purveyors of Jewish tradition and the traditional Jewish way of life. Seizing on the Temple, they sought to establish and consolidate their own position of importance within the complex social and religious landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Naftali S. CohnBook Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient ReligionGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: History, Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis
Title: The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis
ISBN-10: 0812244575
EAN: 9780812244571
ISBN: 9780812244571
Release Date: 11/06/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Ancient History
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Judaism / Sacred Writings, Ancient / Rome, Judaism / History, Middle East / Israel & Palestine
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Naftali S. Cohn
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover