Hannah K. Harrington

Holiness

Rabbinic Judaism in the Graeco-Roman World

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Produktbeschreibung

In this in-depth exploration of holiness in the context of rabbinic Judaism, Hannah K. Harrington places the rabbinic concept of holiness alongside other notions of the sacred in the Graeco-Roman world. Holistic and yet detailed, this volume provides a much-needed comparative view of this subject during a key period in the development of the Jewish religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780415149877
• ISBN-10: 0415149878
• Artikelnr.: 21080910

Autorenporträt

Dr Hannah K. Harrington is professor of Old Testament at Patten College, Oakland, CA, USA. She received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and has written numerous articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic Judaism.

Inhaltsangabe

Forward Acknowledgements Introduction I. Scholarship on Holiness II.
Rabbinic Sources 1. The Holy One III. Holiness as Consuming Fire IV.
Holiness as Goodness 2. The Holy House I. Holy Space II. Holy Personnel
III. Holy Ritual 3. The Holy Land I. Sacred Centre II. Rabbinic System II.
Graeco-Roman World IV. Goodness and the Holy Land 4. The Holy Word I.
Holiness via Divine Word II. Transmission of Holy Word III. Studying Holy
Word IV. Observance of Holy Word V. Purity Restrictions VI. Life via Holy
Word VII. Holiness and Mystical Experience 5. The Holy People I. Divine
Election II. Ritual III. Ethics IV. Ethics IV. Sexuality Conclusion
Bibliography Index