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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The Narration of Temple Ritual as Rabbinic Memory in the Late Second or Early Third Century
  • Rabbis as Jurists of Judaean Ritual Law and Competing Claims for Authority
  • The Temple, the Great Court, and the Rabbinic Invention of the Past
  • Narrative Form and Rabbinic Authority
  • Constructing Sacred Space
  • The Mishnah in the Context of a Wider Judaean, Christian, and Roman Temple Discourse
  • Conclusion : The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis
  • Appendix A : The Mishnah's Temple Ritual Narratives and Court-Centered Ritual Narratives
  • Appendix B : Mishnaic Narratives in Which a Rabbi or Rabbis Issue an Opinion with Respect to a Case.