Surviving Sacrilege - Cultural Persistence in Jewish Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Steven Weitzman is Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University. Klappentext storytelling! fantasy! imitation! metaphor! and magic allows a culture's survival instinct to maneuver within! beyond! and even against the limits of reality. Zusammenfassung Weitzman explores the tactics cultures use to sustain themselves in the face of intractable realities. This book focuses on a resilient culture caught between two disruptive acts of sacrilege: ancient Judaism between the destruction of the First Temple (by the Babylonians) and the destruction of the Second Temple (by the Romans).

Product details

• Authors: Steven Weitzman, Steven P. Weitzman
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9780674017085
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01708-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories