An Unholy Spectacle: The Ordeal of the Accused Adulteress in the Early Synagogue

In this essay a poem embellishing the trial of the accused adulteress (the sotah) from Numbers 5 offers a case study for how Jewish liturgical poets in Late Antiquity drew upon the performative conventions of their day, to gain and sustain their listeners' attention week after week. The biblica...

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Main Author: Lieber, Laura Suzanne 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck 2022
In: Jewish studies quarterly
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-162
Further subjects:B Liturgy
B Yannai
B Late Antiquity
B Piyyut
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