Holiness: Rabbinic Judaism and the Graeco-Roman World

Forsideomslag
Psychology Press, 2001 - 242 sider
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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Introduction
1
The Holy One
11
The holy house
45
The holy land
91
The holy word
130
The holy people
161
Conclusion
202
Notes
209
Bibliography
231
Index
241
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Om forfatteren (2001)

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.

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