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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohn, Naftali S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) > In rabbinical literature.
Mishnah.
Mishnah > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in rabbinical literature.
Rabbis > Office.
Judaism > Talmudic period.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 10-425 (Periode talmudique)
Rabbins > Fonction.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780812207460

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