Embodied Techniques: The Communal Formation of the Maskil’s Self
This article explores the significance of the posture of full prostration by the Maskil that appears uniquely in association with him in the Hodayot. Using theoretical frameworks from ritual studies and embodied cognition, as well as traditional philological work, I argue that the Maskil’s prostrati...
| Subtitles: | Religious Experience and the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2015
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| In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 249-266 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hymns of praise
/ Proskynese
/ Maskil
/ Body
/ Qumran Community
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism NBE Anthropology RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Hodayot, Maskil
embodiment
disciplinary practices
prostration
cultural memory
habitus
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This article explores the significance of the posture of full prostration by the Maskil that appears uniquely in association with him in the Hodayot. Using theoretical frameworks from ritual studies and embodied cognition, as well as traditional philological work, I argue that the Maskil’s prostration summons the cultural memory of Moses as chief intercessor. This embodied technique serves not only to form the self of the leader in relation to the Yaḥad, but shapes the community that worships with him in the gathered assembly. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341361 |