Reading the human body : physiognomics and astrology in the Dead Sea scrolls and Hellenistic-early Roman period Judaism /

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Offering fresh reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Popović, Mladen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Aramaic
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2007.
Series:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 67.
Subjects:
Dead Sea scrolls. > 4Q > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dead Sea scrolls
Physiognomy > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Jewish astrology.
Physiognomonie > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Astrologie juive.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
Physiognomy > Religious aspects > Judaism
Jewish astrology
Dode-Zeerollen.
Fysiognomiek.
Astrologie.
Essenen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: READING 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) AND 4QPHYSIOGNOMY AR (4Q561): TEXTS, GENRE, AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER TWO: TO READ STRANGE MATTERS FROM THE HUMAN BODY: PHYSIOGNOMICS IN BABYLONIAN AND GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE; CHAPTER THREE: "IN THE FOOT OF TAURUS": ASTROLOGICAL NOTIONS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186); CHAPTER FOUR: "THERE IS A SPIRIT FOR HIM ... ": HUMAN OR ZODIACAL SPIRITS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186).

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