The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis
Naftali S. CohnNaftali S. Cohn provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.
Naftali S. Cohn provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.
Year:
2013
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Language:
english
Pages:
256
ISBN 10:
0812207467
ISBN 13:
9780812207460
File:
PDF, 1.36 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013