Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity, 135-700 Ce.

Zusatztext A small masterpiece of breadth, concision and clarity; it is one of those select books which every library should have, and which a great many individual readers will want to buy for themselves. Informationen zum Autor Fergus Millar: Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1958-64 Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, The Queen's College, Oxford, 1964-76 Professor of Ancient History, University College London, 1976-84 Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, 1984-2002 Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, 2002-4 Sather Professor of Classical Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 2002-3 Eyal Ben-Eliyahu: Ph.D in Jewish History in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Teaches Jewish History and Jewish studies at the Hebrew University and Haifa University.Yehudah Cohn: Received his D. Phil. in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford (Wolfson College) in 2007, where he was supervised by Professor Martin Goodman. A revised version of his doctoral dissertation was published in 2008 by Brown Judaic Studies, under the title Tangled Up in Text: Tefillin and the Ancient World. Dr. Cohn was born and raised in London, and had earlier graduated from London Business School. He began his studies in Oxford after a business career trading commodities in New York. Klappentext A clear account of all the Jewish literature produced in Late Antiquity in either Palestine or Babylonia, aiming above all to orientate students and interested non-specialists as regards what types of literature are involved and how access can be gained to texts and translations. Zusammenfassung A clear account of all the Jewish literature produced in Late Antiquity in either Palestine or Babylonia, aiming above all to orientate students and interested non-specialists as regards what types of literature are involved and how access can be gained to texts and translations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Historical Introduction 2: Talmudic Texts 3: Midrashic Texts 4: Mystical (Hekhalot) and Magical Literature 5: Targumim 6: Liturgical Texts 7: Historiography 8: Apocalyptic 9: Contemporary Documents in Hebrew or Aramaic ...

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• Authors: Eyal Ben Eliyahu, Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, Eyal (Head of the History Department Ben-Eliyahu, Yehuda Cohn, Yehudah Cohn, Yehudah (Wolfson College Cohn, Fergus Millar, Fergus (Camden Professor of Ancient History at Oxford (Emeritus) Millar, Millar Fergus
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2012
• EAN: 9780197265222
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726522-2
• Series: Miscellaneous British Academy Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Israel, History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, CE period up to c 1500, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Palestine, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts