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The memory of the Temple and the making of the rabbis /

The author provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohn, Naftali S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edición:[First edition].
Colección:Divinations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-223) and index.
ISBN:9780812207460
0812207467