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Tales of the Neighborhood
Jewish Narrative Dialogues in Late Antiquity
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| Publisher |
2003
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| ISBN | 9780520928947, 0520928946, 9780520234536, 0520234537,
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| Language |
English
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| Subject | Feministische literatuurkritiek. -- gtt Folklore in rabbinical literature. Folklore in rabbinical literature. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst00930372 Jewish legends -- History and criticism. Jewish legends. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01734579 Jews -- Israel -- Galilee -- Folklore. Jews -- Israel -- Galilee. Jews. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst00983135 Jodendom. -- gtt Late oudheid. -- gtt Legenden. -- gtt Legends, Jewish -- History and criticism. Manners and customs. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01007815 Rabbijnse literatuur. -- gtt Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. Rabbinical literature. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01086288 RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. -- bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. -- bisacsh Women in rabbinical literature. Women in rabbinical literature. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01177961 |
Description
In this lively and intellectually engaging book, Galit Hasan-Rokem shows that religion is shaped not only in the halls of theological disputation and institutions of divine study, but also in ordinary events of everyday life. Common aspects of human relations offer a major source for the symbols of religious texts and rituals of late antique Judaism as well as its partner in narrative dialogues, early Christianity, Hasan-Rokem argues. Focusing on the "neighborhood" of the Galilee that is the birthplace of many major religious and cultural developments, this book brings to life the riddles, parables, and folktales passed down in Rabbinic stories from the first half of the first millennium of the Common Era.