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024 7 _a10.1515/9783110768602
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9783110768602
035 _a(DE-B1597)606873
035 _a(OCoLC)1322126081
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
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050 4 _aBL65.L2
_bJ35 2022
082 0 4 _a210.14
_223/eng/20220608
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aJanowitz, Naomi
_eautore
245 1 0 _aActs of Interpretation :
_bAncient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes /
_cNaomi Janowitz.
264 1 _aBerlin ;
_aBoston :
_bDe Gruyter,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2022
300 _a1 online resource (X, 160 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aReligion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion ,
_x0080-0848 ;
_v66
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tContents --
_tIntroduction: Explaining and Misunderstanding How Signs Work --
_t1 Ancient Ideologies of Ineffability and Their Reverberations --
_t2 Speech Acts and Divine Names: Comparing Ancient and Modern Linguistic Ideologies of Performativity --
_t3 Creating the Forbidden Sign: Ancient and Modern Debates about Proper Representation --
_t4 Late Antique and Modern Semiotic Models of Letter and Spirit --
_t5 A Semiotic Approach to Ascent Liturgies --
_t6 The Indeterminate Meaning of Burning Man Rituals and Modern Notions of Spirit --
_tConclusions --
_tAppendix 1: Ninja and Tijuana Vows --
_tAppendix 2: Marry Yourself Vows --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex of Persons --
_tIndex of subjects
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAncient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics, as adapted by anthropological linguists including Michael Silverstein, better explains the contextual linkages ("performativity") of ancient religious signs such as divine names. Sign meaning is always dependent on processes of interpretation and is always open to reinterpretation. Focusing on these processes permits a more detailed analysis of the ancient evidence. Examples are drawn from ancient Israelite verbal and non-verbal divine representation, the apostle Paul’s linguistic letter/spirit model, Christian debates about the limits of language to best represent the deity, Josephus’ aniconic advertisement of Jewish rites, the multi-layered divine representations in the Dura-Europos synagogue, the diverse "performativity" of Jewish ascent liturgies, and—the single modern example—the role of art at Burning Man. Divine representation is the basis for ritual efficacy even as sign meaning is a constant source of contention.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)
650 0 _aCivilization, Ancient.
650 0 _aReligions.
650 0 _aSemiotics
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aSigns and symbols
_xReligious aspects.
650 4 _aAuslegung.
650 4 _aRitual.
650 4 _aSemiotik.
653 _aInterpretation.
653 _aritual.
653 _asemiotics.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110768602
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110768602
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