Time and Process in Ancient Judaism.
Stern, Sacha.
Time and Process in Ancient Judaism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (151 pages) - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series . - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Anthropological and Other Perspectives -- 1. Time-or its Absence-in Early Rabbinic Culture -- 2. Timing and Time-Reckoning -- 3. Calendar, Chronology, and History -- 4. Time and Ethics: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages -- 5. The Greeks and Jewish Hellenistic Culture -- 6. Jewish Culture and the Ancient Near East -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
This illuminating study is about the absence of time as an entity in itself in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Evidence is drawn from a complete range of Jewish sources from this period.
9781909821798
Time-Religious aspects-Judaism.
Time in the Bible.
Electronic books.
BM729.T55 .S747 2007
296.3
Time and Process in Ancient Judaism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (151 pages) - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series . - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Anthropological and Other Perspectives -- 1. Time-or its Absence-in Early Rabbinic Culture -- 2. Timing and Time-Reckoning -- 3. Calendar, Chronology, and History -- 4. Time and Ethics: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages -- 5. The Greeks and Jewish Hellenistic Culture -- 6. Jewish Culture and the Ancient Near East -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
This illuminating study is about the absence of time as an entity in itself in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Evidence is drawn from a complete range of Jewish sources from this period.
9781909821798
Time-Religious aspects-Judaism.
Time in the Bible.
Electronic books.
BM729.T55 .S747 2007
296.3