TY - BOOK AU - Ben-Zion,Sigalit TI - A roadmap to the heavens: an anthropological study of hegemony among priests, sages, and laymen T2 - Judaism and Jewish life SN - 9781618110374 AV - BM720.C65 B46 2009eb U1 - 305.50933 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Academic Studies Press KW - Cohanim KW - Tannaim KW - Jews KW - History KW - 70-638 KW - Palestine KW - Kohanim KW - Tannaïm KW - Juifs KW - Histoire KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Social Classes KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Rabbi KW - gnd KW - Soziale Identität KW - Politische Elite KW - Middle East N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction and methodological considerations -- THE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESEARCH -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY: “PRIESTS, â€? “SAGES, â€? AND “ â€?AM HAâ€?ARETZâ€? -- RESEARCH METHODS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION -- CHAPTER TWO Mapping the social identity “Priestsâ€? -- 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 “Sagesâ€? -- 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 â€?Am haâ€?aretz -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY “HAVERIMâ€? -- MAPPING THE SOCIAL IDENTITY “ â€?AM HAâ€?ARETZâ€? -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAGES AND â€?AM HAâ€?ARETZ ACCORDING TO THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD -- THE PORTRAYAL OF â€?AM HAâ€?ARETZ ACCORDING TO THE JERUSALEM TALMUD; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWS KNOWN AS â€?AM HAâ€?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 -- SAGESâ€? SKINS, PRIESTSâ€? 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 â€? A NEW SOCIAL ORDER OR A MIMICRY OF EXISTING PRIESTLY HEGEMONIC REPRESENTATION? -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- AFTERWORD -- GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=490650 ER -