| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 556 pages). |
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| Series |
Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; volume 32
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Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; v. 32.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The approach of the Ancients to the Bible -- The geography of the Land in Second Temple literature -- The description of the Land of Israel in Josephus' works -- The Land in rabbinic literature -- The evolution of the concept of the sanctity of the Land -- The Land in Early Christian literature -- The Land in Samaritan literature -- Jewish and Christian sacred sites in the Holy Land -- Concern with the Land in the Roman-Byzantine period: an overview. |
| Summary |
Seeking out the Land describes the study of the Holy Land in the Roman period and examines the complex connections between theology, social agenda and the intellectual pursuit. Holiness as a theological concept determines the intellectual agenda of the elite society of writers seeking to describe the land, as well as their preoccupation with its physical aspects and their actual knowledge about it. Ze'ev Safrai succeeds in examining all the ancient monotheistic literature, both Jewish and Christian, up to the fourth century CE, and in demonstrating how all the above-mentioned factors coalesce into a single entity. We learn that in both religions, with all their various subgroups, the same social and religious factors were at work, but with differing intensity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Palestine -- In rabbinical literature.
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Palestine -- In Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
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Palestine -- In literature.
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Palestine -- Historical geography.
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Samaritan literature.
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Samaritan literature. |
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RELIGION / Judaism / General. |
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Historical geography. |
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Literature. |
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Palestine in Christianity. |
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Palestine in rabbinical literature. |
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Middle East -- Palestine. |
| Genre/Form |
Early works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Safrai, Zeev. Seeking out the land. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004334793 (DLC) 2017060050 |
| ISBN |
9789004334823 electronic book |
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9004334823 electronic book |
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9789004334793 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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