Gebundenes Buch

Heavenly Tablets

Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism

Herausgeber: Lidonnici, Lynn; Lieber, Andrea

Beschreibung

This volume brings together a wide range of international scholars of Ancient Judaism, whose essays explore various issues surrounding Jewish communities and Jewish identity in late antiquity. The essays are organized into three sections: Interpreting Ritual Texts, Mapping Diaspora Identities, and Rewriting Tradition.

Autor

Lynn LiDonnici, Ph.D. (1989) in Religion, University of Pennsylvania, is Associate Professor of Religion at Vassar College. She publishes mainly on the Greek Magical Papyri and related scholarly problems, and is writing a mongraph about them. Andrea Lieber, Ph.D. (1998) in Religion, Columbia University, is Associate Professor of Religion on the Sophia Ava Asbell Chair in Judaic Studies at Dickinson College. She has published several articles in the field of ancient Jewish mysticism and is presently working on a book, God In(corp)orated: Feasting on the Divine Presence in Ancient Judaism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 805g
• ISBN-13: 9789004158566
• ISBN-10: 9004158561
• Artikelnr.: 22786164