Sacred body : readings in Jewish literary illumination /
Sacred Body analyzes exemplary Jewish texts, narratives and cultural practices that show how these artifacts unhinge the "sacred" from the divine and focus instead on the "everyday sacred," earthly existence in order to celebrate life-affirming decisions, actions and relationship...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2023].
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| Series: | Lexington studies in Jewish literature.
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| Summary: | Sacred Body analyzes exemplary Jewish texts, narratives and cultural practices that show how these artifacts unhinge the "sacred" from the divine and focus instead on the "everyday sacred," earthly existence in order to celebrate life-affirming decisions, actions and relationships and avoid abstraction, metaphysics and apocalypticism. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-171) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781666907964 1666907960 |