Grounded spirituality : aspects of rabbinic culture in its late antique context /
"This book provides insight into the unique world of Rabbinic religiosity in late antiquity. Treating a variety of central subjects that shaped the religious outlook of the Jewish sages of the Midrash and Talmud, the book serves as a guide and introduction to reading Rabbinic sources of the fir...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book provides insight into the unique world of Rabbinic religiosity in late antiquity. Treating a variety of central subjects that shaped the religious outlook of the Jewish sages of the Midrash and Talmud, the book serves as a guide and introduction to reading Rabbinic sources of the first five Centuries C.E.. Each chapter chooses an intriguing Rabbinic text on an important aspect of religion, reads it closely and compares it to other texts of the Rabbis and other religious and philosophic cultures of late antiquity. The book hopes to show the brilliant effort to develop a religiosity both earthy and ethereal at one and the same time"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197660614 0197660614 0197660606 9780197660607 9780197660591 0197660592 |