Umfang:
xx, 213 Seiten
ISBN:
9781557537928
Inhalt:
"Dining on Leviathan. Discoursing with Socrates. Debating the nature of existence in the afterlife. These are among the topics authors address in this wide-ranging account of how Jews have conceptualized the world to come and structured their lives in this world accordingly. The chronological range of these chapters also is impressive. The earliest documents discussed are from Apocryphal literature, including apocalypses, that were composed from 400 BCE to 200 CE. There are creative analyses of rabbinic material and documents from the medieval period through the twentieth century. Evolving ritual and liturgical practices bring readers up to the early twenty-first century. Each of the thirteen authors whose works are brought together in this volume shows historical, cultural, and religious sensitivity both to the unique features of these differing manifestations and to the elements that unite them. For the readers of this volume, which is equally rewarding for general audiences and for specialists, the result is a carefully nuanced, creatively balanced exploration of the breadth of Jewish thought and practice concerning some of the most profound and perplexing issues humans face"--
Anmerkung:
Studies in Jewish civilization, volume 28
,
Proceedings of the 28. Annual Symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, the Harris Center for Judaic Studies and the Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies
,
Includes bibliographical references
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781612495132
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781612495149
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
Schlagwort(e):
Judentum
;
Jenseits
;
Konferenzschrift
