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Identity and territory : Jewish perceptions of space in antiquity / Eyal Ben-Eliyahu.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780520966789
  • 0520966783
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Identity and territoryDDC classification:
  • 296.3/82 23
LOC classification:
  • BM729.S76
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction : identity, space, place, and territory -- From Judah to Israel : territory and identity -- Borders, space, and identity in Second Temple literature -- From earthly land to holy land -- Land of the sages -- Rabbinic literature confronts non-rabbinic Jewish culture and Christianity: the question of holy spaces.
Summary: "The book examines the role of territory in Jewish identity in antiquity and, more specifically, the role of Jewish perceptions of space and place in identity. The time period covered extends from the Second Temple period to the first centuries CE. The examination relates to a variety of approaches to the land, its borders, and its holy places as expressed by Jewish writers of the period, located both inside and outside of the land. The book's central assertion is that the territory's status and scope and the way in which sacred spaces are perceived all depend on Jewish identity in all of its complexity and diversity"--Provided by publisher.
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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)2013816

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : identity, space, place, and territory -- From Judah to Israel : territory and identity -- Borders, space, and identity in Second Temple literature -- From earthly land to holy land -- Land of the sages -- Rabbinic literature confronts non-rabbinic Jewish culture and Christianity: the question of holy spaces.

"The book examines the role of territory in Jewish identity in antiquity and, more specifically, the role of Jewish perceptions of space and place in identity. The time period covered extends from the Second Temple period to the first centuries CE. The examination relates to a variety of approaches to the land, its borders, and its holy places as expressed by Jewish writers of the period, located both inside and outside of the land. The book's central assertion is that the territory's status and scope and the way in which sacred spaces are perceived all depend on Jewish identity in all of its complexity and diversity"--Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.