A Mirror of Rabbinic Hermeneutics: Studies in Religion, Magic, and Language Theory in Ancient Judaism

Giuseppe Veltri

Published by De Gruyter 2015

A Mirror of Rabbinic Hermeneutics

Studies in Religion, Magic, and Language Theory in Ancient Judaism

Giuseppe Veltri

Volume 82 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110366419

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About this book

Rabbinic hermeneutics in ancient Judaism reflects this multifaceted world of the text and of reality, seen as a world of reference worth commentary. As a mirror, it includes this world but perhaps also falsifies reality, adapting it to one's own aims and necessities. It consists of four parts:
Part I, considered as introduction, is the description of the "Rabbinic Workshop" (Officina Rabbinica), the rabbinic world where the student plays a role and a reformation of a reformation always takes place, the world where the mirror was created and manufactured.
Part II deals with the historical environment, the world of reference of rabbinic Judaism in Palestine and in the Hellenistic Diaspora (Reflecting Roman Religion);
Part III focuses on magic and the sciences, as ancient (political and empirical) activities of influence in the double meaning of receiving and adopting something and of attempt to produce an effect on persons and objects (Performing the Craft of Sciences and Magic).
Part IV addresses the rabbinic concern with texts (Reflecting on Languages and Texts) as the main area of "influence" of the rabbinic academy in a space between the texts of the past and the real world of the present.

Author / Editor information

Giuseppe Veltri, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Reviews

"Der überaus lesenswerte Sammelband enthält gründliche Analysen und mass-gebliche Interpretationen zu wichtigen Aspekten der Religion und Literatur des antiken und mittelalterlichen Judentums und unterstreicht insbesondere die Not-wendigkeit einer umfassenden wissenschaftlichen Beschäftigung mit Phänomenen und Gegenständen des jüdischen Alltagslebens."
Michael Tilly in: Judaica 4/2015

"Der klare und engagierte Stil V[eltris], die zahlreichen Verweise auf jüdisches und nichtjüdisches Quellenmaterial, die Gegenwartsbezüge und die Reflexionen zum Forschungsgegenstand der Judaistik laden zur Lektüre des Sammelbandes ein. Die überaus lesenswerten Studien überzeugen durch stringente Argumentation, den beständigen Blick auf mögliche Interdependenzen mit den Umweltkulturen des Judentums sowie durch ihre reflektierten Detailuntersuchungen religionswissenschaftlicher Phänomene."
Alexander Dubrau in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 143.7/8 (2018), 739-740

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Documentation style, transliteration and references Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Part I: Officina rabbinica
1. Impertinent Students vs. Sagacious Rabbis: The Art of Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Ezra as “Reformer” in Classical Jewish Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Part II: Reflecting Roman Religion
3. Roman Religion at the Periphery of the Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Part III: Performing the Craft of Science & Magic
4. The Science(s) and “Greek Wisdom” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
5. On Magic: Past and Present Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
6. “Ways of the Amorite” and Hellenism in Jewish Palestine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. The Magician/Magush in Rabbinic Judaism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8. “Watermarks” in the MS Munich, Hebr. 95 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
9. The Meal of the Spirits, the Three Parcae and Lilith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
10. Evidence and Plausibility: on Magic and Ariel Toaff’s Pasque di Sangue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Part IV: Reflecting on Languages and Texts
11. Reflecting on Languages and Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
12. On Editing Rabbinic Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
13. On Some Greek Loanwords in Aquila’s Translation of the Bible Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
14. The Septuagint in Disgrace⁶⁰⁹ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
15. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Pleasure and Desire of Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Index of Primary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 305
Keywords: Rabbinic literature; magic; Judaism; Roman Religion; language theories

eBook

Published: September 14, 2015
ISBN: 9783110366419

Hardcover

Published: August 28, 2015
ISBN: 9783110368376

Paperback

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9783110552768