Talmuda de-Eretz Israel [electronic resource] : archaeology and the rabbis in late antique Palestine / edited by Steven Fine and Aaron Koller
- Published
- Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2014]
- Physical Description
- xiii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Fine, Steven and Koller, Aaron J., 1978-
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- Summary
- "Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine brings together an international community of historians, literature scholars and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and archaeology increases our understanding of both types of evidence, and of the complex culture which they together reflect. This volume reflects a growing consensus that rabbinic culture was an "embodied" culture, presenting a series of case studies that demonstrate the value of archaeology for the contextualization of rabbinic literature. It steers away from later twentieth-century trends, particularly in North America, that stressed disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, and seeks a more holistic approach"--
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- 9781614514855 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781614512875 (ebook) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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