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In God's image : myth, theology, and law in classical Judaism /
"In God's Image Myth, Theology, and Law in Classical Judaism The idea of creation in the divine image has a long and complex history. While its roots apparently lie in the royal myths of Mesopotamia and Egypt, this book argues that it was the biblical account of creation presented in the f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title Page; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. "Beloved is Man, for He was Created in the Image"
- The Problem ; II. The Image of God in Tannaitic Literature
- An Overview ; III. The Structure of This Work ; 1 Anthropomorphism in Talmudic Literature: Trends in Jewish Thought and Scholarly Research ; I. "The Doctrine of God's Corporeality Never Occurred to the Sages, May Their Memory be Blessed, for Even a Single Day"
- A Reassessment ; II. Anthropomorphism and Myth.
- 2 Anthropomorphism and Imago Dei
- Some Basic Distinctions I. Simple Anthropomorphism and Anthropomorphic Theosophy ; II. Imago Dei in Research ; III. Image and Presence ; IV. Anthropomorphism and Theomorphism ; 3 Halakhah and Aggadah ; I. Halakhah and Aggadah in Research ; II. Imago Dei in Halakhah
- A Survey of the Research ; III. Legal Principles and Halakhic Principles ; IV. Imago Dei as a Halakhic Principle ; 4 On Terminology and Methodology ; I. Myth ; II. Theosophy ; III. Theurgy ; 5 The Four Modes of Judicial Execution ; I. Introduction ; II. Burning ; III. Strangulation.
- IV. Decapitation V. Stoning ; VI. Hanging ; 6 Image, Likeness, and Presence ; I. The Law of Hanging and the Image of God ; II. Likeness and Presence ; III. Imago Dei and Judicial Execution ; 7 Murder and Capital Punishment: Diminishing the Divine Image ; I. "Had we been Members of the Sanhedrin No One would ever have been put to Death" ; II. "The verse says: 'I Suffer for the Blood of the Wicked that was Shed'" ; III. In the "Image" His Blood is Shed ; IV. Judicial Executions and the (Informal) Abolition of Capital Punishment.
- v. Flagellation as a Substitute for Death at the Hand of Heaven VI. "An Eye for an Eye"
- Pecuniary Compensation ; 8 Procreation: "An Eternal Building" ; I. "Whoever Does not Engage in Procreation Annuls the Image" ; II. "'This is the Book of the Generations of Adam'
- That is an Even Greater Principle" ; III. The Nuptial Blessings ; IV. Beit Shammai and R. Eliezer Differ ; V. The Laws of Procreation ; 9 From the Temple to Humanity: Transformation in the Focus of Holiness ; I. "Solomon's Bed"
- God has Greater Love for Procreation than for the Temple ; II. From Temple to Humanity.
- III. The Rise of the Idea of Imago Dei in the Yavneh Generation IV. Imago Dei in Second-Temple Literature ; V. Transformations in the Focus of Holiness ; Epilogue; Bibliographical Abbreviations; Index of Sources; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.