Dominion Built of Praise Panegyric and Legitimacy among Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean |
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| Author:
| Decter, Jonathan |
| Series title: | Jewish Culture and Contexts Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-5041-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $84.95 |
Book Description:
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In Dominion Built of Praise, Jonathan Decter looks at the phenomenon of panegyric in Mediterranean Jewish culture from several overlapping perspectives--social, historical, ethical, poetic, political, and theological--and finds that they depict how representations of Jewish political leadership varied across space and evolved over time.
In Dominion Built of Praise, Jonathan Decter looks at the phenomenon of panegyric in Mediterranean Jewish culture from several overlapping perspectives--social, historical, ethical, poetic, political, and theological--and finds that they depict how representations of Jewish political leadership varied across space and evolved over time.