TY - BOOK AU - Levy,Gabriel TI - Judaic Technologies of the Word: a Cognitive Analysis of Jewish Cultural Formation SN - 9781317543459 AV - BM157 .L48 2014 U1 - 296.01/9296.019 PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Judaism KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - Literacy KW - Religious aspects KW - Judaism and culture KW - Communication and culture KW - Judaïsme KW - Histoire KW - Philosophie KW - Judaïsme et culture KW - Communication et culture KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-210) and index; What is cognition? -- Control -- Networks -- Rationality -- Names -- Hypertext -- Environment N2 - Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, brains, hearts, and minds of individual people. More than this, Judaic bodies and texts, both oral and written, connect and feed back on one another. Judaic Technologies of the Word examines how technologies of literacy interact with bodies and minds over time. The emergence of literacy is now understood to be a decisive factor in religious history, and is central to the transformations UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=869667 ER -