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The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis

The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis( )
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
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $79.95
Book Description:

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.



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