When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven - Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species

“When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven is an original, highly innovative, and groundbreaking study of ideas of generation and reproduction of species in rabbinic literature. Neis’ analyses open a window to a much more complex and surprising intellectual world than the rabbis usually get credit for. This book is provocative, thoughtful, and timely.”—Mira Balberg, Professor of History and Endowed Chair in Ancient Jewish Civilization, University of California, San Diego
 
“A trailblazing work that will introduce a new sophisticated discourse in the study of rabbinic literature. Neis is at home in the classical rabbinic texts, with their philological complexity and their immense width, encompassing half a millennium and diverse historical circumstances.”—Galit Hasan-Rokem, Professor Emerita of Hebrew Literature and Folklore Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

About the author

Rafael Rachel Neis is Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan and author of The Sense of Sight in Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Ways of Seeing in Late Antiquity.

Product details

• Authors: Rafael Rachel Neis
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2023
• EAN: 9780520391192
• ISBN: 978-0-520-39119-2
• No. of pages: 289
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Judaism / History, History of Religion, Judaism, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE