Reconfiguring the Land of Israel: A Rabbinic Project

This book is about ways in which the land of Israel, the homeland of the most paradigmatic of all diasporas, was envisioned in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the literature of the sages. It is about the Land according to the redefined Judaism that emerged in the centuries following the...

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Subtitles:A Rabbinic Project
Main Author: Cordoni, Constanza 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2024
In:Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 76
Further subjects:B Palestine In Judaism
B Palestine Historical geography
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism
B Palestine In rabbinical literature
B Palestine In the Bible
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:This book is about ways in which the land of Israel, the homeland of the most paradigmatic of all diasporas, was envisioned in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the literature of the sages. It is about the Land according to the redefined Judaism that emerged in the centuries following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. This Judaism replaced the temple cult with Torah study - a study that pertained in part to that very temple cult, that became a portable homeland, and that reconfigured the Land
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (324 pages), illustrations
ISBN:9004696768
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004696761