Julia Watts Belser

Power, Ethics, and Ecology in Jewish Late Antiquity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781107533929
• ISBN-10: 1107533929
• Artikelnr.: 59356474

Autorenporträt

Julia Watts Belser is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington DC. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals, including the AJS Review, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, and the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Encountering the Bavli: an introduction for readers new to the Babylonian Talmud
1. Covenantal ecology and the discourse of natural signs
2. Reading the natural world: interpretation and meaning in Bavli Täanit
3. Merit in the midst of danger: falling walls, faltering houses, and the power of performative perception
4. Charisma and ritual fasting for the sake of rain: parrhesia, penitence, and the construction of intimacy before God
5. Confusing the fathers: charisma and the limits of human power
6. Hiddenness and holiness: gender, class, concealment, and the critique of rabbinic status-seeking
Conclusion.