Time and process in ancient Judaism /
This illuminating study is about the absence of time as an entity in itself in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Evidence is drawn from a complete range of Jewish sources from this period.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Ore. :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
2003.
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| Collection: | Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Note on Transliteration; Anthropological and Other Perspectives; 1. Time-or its Absence-in Early Rabbinic Culture; 2. Timing and Time-Reckoning; 3. Calendar, Chronology, and History; 4. Time and Ethics: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages; 5. The Greeks and Jewish Hellenistic Culture; 6. Jewish Culture and the Ancient Near East; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index.


