RT Book
T1 A life of Psalms in Jewish late antiquity
T2 Jewish culture and contexts
A1 Berkovitz, Abraham Jacob
LA English
PP Philadelphia
PB University of Pennsylvania Press
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1843756684
AB "This book clarifies the world of late ancient Judaism through the versatile and powerful lens of the Psalter. It asks a simple set of questions: Where did late ancient Jews encounter the Psalms? How did they engage with the work? And what meanings did they produce? It answers these queries by reconstructing and contextualizing a diverse set of religious practices performed with and on the Psalter, such as handling a physical copy, reading from it, interpreting it exegetically, singing it as liturgy, invoking it as magic and reciting it as an act of piety. This book draws from and contributes to the fields of ancient Judaism, biblical reception, book history and the history of reading"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BS1430.52
SN 978-1-5128-2418-6
K1 Bible : Psalms : Devotional use : History : To 1500
K1 Bible : Psalms : Reading : History : To 1500
K1 Bible : Psalms : Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
K1 Judaism : Customs and practices : History : To 1500
K1 Jews : Books and reading : History : To 1500
K1 Jews : Antiquities