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Reading the human body : physiognomics and astrology in the Dead Sea scrolls and Hellenistic-early Roman period Judaism / by Mladen Popović.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Hebrew, Aramaic Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 67.Publication details: Leiden : Brill, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 346 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9047420462
  • 9789047420460
  • 9004157174
  • 9789004157170
Other title:
  • Physiognomics and astrology in the Dead Sea scrolls and Hellenistic-early Roman period Judaism
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading the human body.DDC classification:
  • 296.1/55 22
LOC classification:
  • BM488.5 .P67 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.26
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Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: READING 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) AND 4QPHYSIOGNOMY AR (4Q561): TEXTS, GENRE, AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER TWO: TO READ STRANGE MATTERS FROM THE HUMAN BODY: PHYSIOGNOMICS IN BABYLONIAN AND GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE; CHAPTER THREE: "IN THE FOOT OF TAURUS": ASTROLOGICAL NOTIONS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186); CHAPTER FOUR: "THERE IS A SPIRIT FOR HIM ... ": HUMAN OR ZODIACAL SPIRITS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186).
Summary: Offering fresh reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)252748

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text is in English with some Hebrew and Aramaic.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: READING 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) AND 4QPHYSIOGNOMY AR (4Q561): TEXTS, GENRE, AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER TWO: TO READ STRANGE MATTERS FROM THE HUMAN BODY: PHYSIOGNOMICS IN BABYLONIAN AND GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE; CHAPTER THREE: "IN THE FOOT OF TAURUS": ASTROLOGICAL NOTIONS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186); CHAPTER FOUR: "THERE IS A SPIRIT FOR HIM ... ": HUMAN OR ZODIACAL SPIRITS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186).

Offering fresh reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism.

Print version record.