The Spirit within Me : Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism /

The first full-length study of the evolution of self and agency in ancient Israelite anthropology Conceptions of "the self" have received significant recent attention in philosophy, anthropology, and cultural history. Scholars argue that the introspective self of the modern West is a disti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newsom, Carol A. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Collins, John (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2021]
Colección:The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
Temas:
Agent (Philosophy) > History > To 1500.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Self > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Self > Israel > History > To 1500.
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Self in Israelite Culture: A Preliminary Overview
  • 2. Agency in Biblical Narrative
  • 3. Moral Agency in Israelite Perspective: Three Case Studies
  • 4. Sin-Consciousness, Self-Alienation, and the Construction of Interiority
  • 5. Rational Agency and the Birth of the Human: Genesis 2-3 and Its Early Interpretation
  • 6. The Hodayot of the Maskil and the Subjectivity of the Masochistic Sublime
  • Conclusion
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Ancient Source Index
  • Hebrew Key Word Index

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