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6 produkter
6 produkter
Del 21 - Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: Volume XXI: Qumran Cave 4.XII: Calendrical Texts
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
3 724 kr
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Calendars and the celebration of feasts and holidays form an important part of religious and national movements. Often they cause debate and lead to schism. It is well documented that the Qumran community followed a solar calendar which differed fundamentally from the lunar calendar observed at the Temple in Jerusalem. This volume contains texts composed by the Qumran community which delineated its calendar, considered 'God-ordained'. Some of the texts were written in a unique script known as 'Cryptic A' indicating their esoteric and secret nature.
1 297 kr
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Time has always held a fascination for human beings, who have attempted to relate to it and to make sense of it, constructing and deconstructing it through its various prisms, since time cannot be experienced in an unmediated way. This book answers the needs of a growing community of scholars and readers who are interested in this interaction. It offers a series of innovative studies by both senior and younger experts on various aspects of the construction of time in antiquity. Some articles in this book contain visual material published for the first time, while other studies update the field with new theories or apply new approaches to relevant sources. Within the study of antiquity, the book covers the disciplines of Classics and Ancient History, Assyriology, Egyptology, Ancient Judaism, and Early Christianity, with thematic contributions on rituals, festivals, astronomy, calendars, medicine, art, and narrative.
Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge in Second Temple Literature
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
714 kr
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Until very recently, the idea of ancient Jewish sciences would have been considered unacceptable. Since the 1990s, Early Modern and Medieval Science in Jewish sources has been actively studied, but the consensus was that no real scientific themes could be found in earlier Judaism. This work points them out in detail and posits a new field of research: the scientific activity evident in the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Jewish pseudepigrapha. The publication of new texts and new analyses of older ones reveals crucial elements that are best illuminated by the history of science, and may have interesting consequences for it. The contributors evaluate these texts in relation to astronomy, astrology, and physiognomy, marking the first comprehensive attempt to accountfor scientific themes in Second Temple Judaism. They investigate the meaning and purpose of scientific explorations in an apocalyptic setting. An appreciation of these topics paves the way to a renewed understanding of the scientific fragments scattered throughout rabbinic literature.The book first places the Jewish material in the ancient context of the Near Eastern and Hellenistic worlds. While the Jewish texts were not on the cutting edge of scientific discovery, they find a meaningful place in the history of science, between Babylonia and Egypt, in the time period between Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Thebook uses recent advances in method to examine the contacts and networks of Jewish scholars in their ancient setting. Second, the essays here tackle the problematic concept of a national scientific tradition. Although science is nowadays often conceived as universal, the historiography of ancient Jewish sciences demonstratesthe importance of seeing the development of science in a local context. The book explores the tension between the hegemony of central scientific traditions and local scientific enterprises, showing the relevance of ancient data to contemporary postcolonial historiography of science. Finally, philosophical questions of the demarcation of science are addressed in a way that can advance the discussion of related ancient materials.Online edition available as part of the NYU Library's Ancient World Digital Library and in partnership with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW).
Interpreting and Living God's Law at Qumran
Miqṣat Ma῾aśe Ha-Torah, Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT)
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
1 703 kr
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Der Text Miqṣat Ma῾aśe Ha-Torah, Einiges von den Werken der Tora (4QMMT), ist eine der interessantesten Schriften unter den berühmten Texten vom Toten Meer, die um die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts in den Höhlen nahe der Siedlung Khirbet Qumran gefunden wurden und mittlerweile vollständig publiziert sind. Es handelt sich um ein Lehrschreiben in der Form eines Briefes, das von einem unbekannten Autor verfasst ist und sich an einen - im Singular und Plural angesprochenen - unbekannten Adressaten richtet. Das Lehrschreiben ist der älteste Zeuge aus vorchristlicher, hellenistischer Zeit für die explizite Auslegung des jüdischen Gesetzes, die sogenannte Halakha, wie sie in der späteren rabbinischen Überlieferung üblich geworden und breit bezeugt ist. Der vorliegende Band bietet nach einer Einführung in die Funde vom Toten Meer im Allgemeinen und den Text Miqṣat Ma῾aśe Ha-Torah im Speziellen eine Neuedition und Übersetzung sowie Beiträge ausgewiesener Spezialisten zu der handschriftlichen Überlieferung, der Sprache, den Inhalten sowie den literatur- und zeitgeschichtlichen Kontexten der Schrift.
Del 185 - Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism
Social History of the Jews in Antiquity
Studies in Dialogue with Albert Baumgarten
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
3 138 kr
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Der vorliegende Band versammelt Beiträge renommierter internationaler Wissenschaftler, die im akademischen Dialog mit dem Werk von Albert Baumgarten stehen. Sie kontextualisieren antike jüdische Texte, um die Antike im Allgemeinen zu beleuchten und befassen sich mit Texten aus der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, des hellenistischen Judentums, der Sekten zur Zeit des Zweiten Tempels, der rabbinischen Literatur und verschiedener Facetten des frühen Christentums. Darüber hinaus beschäftigen sich einige Artikel mit vergleichender Religionswissenschaft, Wissenssoziologie, Anthropologie und Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Zusammengenommen bilden die Artikel in diesem Band eine eingehende Analyse der Sozialgeschichte der Juden in der Antike.
Del 123 - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
Afterlives of Ancient Rock-cut Monuments in the Near East
Carvings in and out of Time
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
2 751 kr
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This book concerns the ancient rock-cut monuments carved throughout the Near East, paying particular attention to the fate of these monuments in the centuries after their initial production. As parts of the landscapes in which they were carved, they acquired new meanings in the cultural memory of the people living around them. The volume joins numerous recent studies on the reception of historical texts and artefacts, exploring the peculiar affordances of these long-lasting and often salient monuments. The volume gathers articles by archeologists, art historians, and philologists, covering the entire Near East, from Iran to Lebanon and from Turkey to Egypt. It also analyzes long-lasting textual traditions that aim to explain the origins and meaning of rock-cut monuments and other related carvings.