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A roadmap to the heavens : an anthropological study of hegemony among priests, sages, and laymen / Sigalit Ben-Zion.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Judaism and Jewish lifePublication details: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages)Content type:
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  • 9781618110374
  • 1618110373
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roadmap to the heavens.DDC classification:
  • 305.50933 22
LOC classification:
  • BM720.C65 B46 2009eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction and methodological considerations -- THE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESEARCH -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY: “PRIESTS, � “SAGES, � AND “ �AM HA�ARETZ� -- RESEARCH METHODS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION -- CHAPTER TWO Mapping the social identity “Priests� -- THE COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS -- THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS -- THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE PRIESTS AS A SOCIAL GROUP -- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS
SOCIOLOGY OF IGNORANCE AND PROTECTED KNOWLEDGETHE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS AS CONSTITUTING THE CULTURAL HEGEMONY IN JEWISH SOCIETY -- CHAPTER THREE Mapping the social identity “Sages� -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAGES AND THE PHARISEES -- THE COMPOSITION OF THE TANNAITIC SAGES -- THE POLITICS OF HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE TANNAITIC SAGES -- THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE GROUP OF SAGES: DIACRITICAL FEATURES AND A BASIC VALUE SYSTEM -- INTERDEPENDENCY OF THE GROUP OF THE TANNAITIC SAGES -- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GROUP OF THE SAGES
WERE THE SAGES AN ELITE GROUP DURING THE TANNAITIC PERIOD?THE POLITICS OF ELITE CULTURE: THE PARTICULAR AND UNIVERSAL CULTURE -- THE ART OF PERPETUATING POLITICAL POWER BY PRIVILEGED GROUPS -- CHAPTER FOUR The relationship between the Haverim and �Am ha�aretz -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY “HAVERIM� -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY “ �AM HA�ARETZ� -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAGES AND �AM HA�ARETZ ACCORDING TO THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD -- THE PORTRAYAL OF �AM HA�ARETZ ACCORDING TO THE JERUSALEM TALMUD
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWS KNOWN AS �AM HA�ARETZ AND THE HAVERIM AS DESCRIBED IN THE TANNAITIC LITERATURECHAPTER FIVE The self-awareness of the Sages as constituters of the counter-hegemony -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION -- SAGES� SKINS, PRIESTS� MASKS: THE DESIRE OF THE SLAVE TO BE LIKE HIS MASTER -- CHAPTER SIX Exchange of ruling elites or the constitution of counter-hegemony? -- SAGES VERSUS PRIESTS � A NEW SOCIAL ORDER OR A MIMICRY OF EXISTING PRIESTLY HEGEMONIC REPRESENTATION? -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- AFTERWORD -- GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS
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CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction and methodological considerations -- THE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESEARCH -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY: “PRIESTS, � “SAGES, � AND “ �AM HA�ARETZ� -- RESEARCH METHODS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION -- CHAPTER TWO Mapping the social identity “Priests� -- THE COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS -- THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS -- THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE PRIESTS AS A SOCIAL GROUP -- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS

SOCIOLOGY OF IGNORANCE AND PROTECTED KNOWLEDGETHE GROUP OF THE PRIESTS AS CONSTITUTING THE CULTURAL HEGEMONY IN JEWISH SOCIETY -- CHAPTER THREE Mapping the social identity “Sages� -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAGES AND THE PHARISEES -- THE COMPOSITION OF THE TANNAITIC SAGES -- THE POLITICS OF HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE TANNAITIC SAGES -- THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE GROUP OF SAGES: DIACRITICAL FEATURES AND A BASIC VALUE SYSTEM -- INTERDEPENDENCY OF THE GROUP OF THE TANNAITIC SAGES -- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GROUP OF THE SAGES

WERE THE SAGES AN ELITE GROUP DURING THE TANNAITIC PERIOD?THE POLITICS OF ELITE CULTURE: THE PARTICULAR AND UNIVERSAL CULTURE -- THE ART OF PERPETUATING POLITICAL POWER BY PRIVILEGED GROUPS -- CHAPTER FOUR The relationship between the Haverim and �Am ha�aretz -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY “HAVERIM� -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY “ �AM HA�ARETZ� -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAGES AND �AM HA�ARETZ ACCORDING TO THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD -- THE PORTRAYAL OF �AM HA�ARETZ ACCORDING TO THE JERUSALEM TALMUD

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWS KNOWN AS �AM HA�ARETZ AND THE HAVERIM AS DESCRIBED IN THE TANNAITIC LITERATURECHAPTER FIVE The self-awareness of the Sages as constituters of the counter-hegemony -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION -- SAGES� SKINS, PRIESTS� MASKS: THE DESIRE OF THE SLAVE TO BE LIKE HIS MASTER -- CHAPTER SIX Exchange of ruling elites or the constitution of counter-hegemony? -- SAGES VERSUS PRIESTS � A NEW SOCIAL ORDER OR A MIMICRY OF EXISTING PRIESTLY HEGEMONIC REPRESENTATION? -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- AFTERWORD -- GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS

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