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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohn, Naftali S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edition:[First edition].
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) > In rabbinical literature.
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
Mishnah > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mishnah
10-425
Rabbis > Office.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
Rabbins > Fonction.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 10-425 (Période talmudique)
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Judaism > Talmudic period
Rabbis > Office
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in rabbinical literature
Ancient Studies.
Jewish Studies.
Religion.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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