The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis |
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Author:
| Cohn, Naftali S. |
Series title: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8122-0746-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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Naftali S. Cohn provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.
Naftali S. Cohn provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.