The Signifying Creator : Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism /

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For centuries, Jews have been known as the "people of the book." It is commonly thought that Judaism in the first several centuries CE found meaning exclusively in textual sources. But there is another approach to meaning to be found in ancient Judaism: one that sees it in the natural worl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Swartz, Michael D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Symbolism in rabbinical literature.
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Jewish mythology.
Jewish legends.
Jewish art and symbolism.
Semiotics > Religious aspects > Judaism.
HISTORY > Jewish.
RELIGION > Judaism > Theology.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Periode postexilique)
Symbolisme juif.
Symbolisme dans la litterature rabbinique.
Legendes juives.
Mythologie juive.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: outside the text
  • Myths of creation
  • The semiotics of the priestly vestments
  • Divinations and its discontents
  • Bubbling blood and rolling bones
  • Conclusions: the signifying creator.

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