An Eschatological Drama: Bavli Avodah Zarah 2a–3b
The homily near the beginning of Tractate Avodah Zarah of the Babylonian Talmud, folios 2a-3b, surely must be numbered among the most fascinating rabbinic compositions. A brilliant creation of the rabbinic imagination, the homily depicts the inauguration of the “world to come.” A richly detailed esc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
1996
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AJS review
Year: 1996, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-37 |
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| Summary: | The homily near the beginning of Tractate Avodah Zarah of the Babylonian Talmud, folios 2a-3b, surely must be numbered among the most fascinating rabbinic compositions. A brilliant creation of the rabbinic imagination, the homily depicts the inauguration of the “world to come.” A richly detailed eschatological drama unfolds as God places a Torah scroll in his lap and summons those who busied themselves with Torah to collect their reward. While rabbinic literature teems with static descriptions of the glorious miracles that await the righteous in the next world and parallel illustrations of the painful sufferings the wicked should expect, extended narratives of the initial stages of the process are rare. Not the nature of the world to come, but the test for admission is the subject at hand. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009400007601 |