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The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis /

Naftali S. Cohn 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 soci...

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Auteur principal: Cohn, Naftali S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Naftali S. Cohn 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 in Roman Palestine.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780812207460