Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period
by Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell; Neusner, Jacob (Edited by)
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. xlvi, [330] pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. "This volume presents the most important portions of Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, Goodenough offered evidence for the existence of a Hellenistic-Jewish mystic mythology far closer to the Qabbalah than to rabbinical Judaism." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Part I. The question, the method; ch. 1. The problem; ch. 2. Method in evaluating symbols; Part II. The answer; ch. 3. The Shofar; ch. 4. Pagan symbols in Judaism: astronomical symbols; Part III. The synagogue at Dura-Europos; ch. 5. Interpreting the art of the synagogue at Dura-Europos; ch. 6. Cosmic Judaism: the Temple of Aaron; ch. 7. The Judaism of immaterial reality: the Ark vs. paganism; ch. 8. Summary: Judaism at Dura.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period
- Author
- Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell; Neusner, Jacob (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0691019223
- ISBN 13
- 9780691019222
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genre & Subject / Religious / Judaica; Middle Eastern / Ancient Near Eastern; European / 2. Classical / Roman;
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