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).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven Weitzman, Steven P. Weitzman
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9780674017085
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01708-5
• Pagine: 204
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities