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Author Ben Eliyahu, Eyal, author.

Title Identity and territory : Jewish perceptions of space in antiquity / Eyal Ben-Eliyahu.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : identity, space, place, and territory -- From Judah to Israel : territory and identity -- Borders, space, and identity in Second Temple literature -- From earthly land to holy land -- Land of the sages -- Rabbinic literature confronts non-rabbinic Jewish culture and Christianity: the question of holy spaces.
Summary "The book examines the role of territory in Jewish identity in antiquity and, more specifically, the role of Jewish perceptions of space and place in identity. The time period covered extends from the Second Temple period to the first centuries CE. The examination relates to a variety of approaches to the land, its borders, and its holy places as expressed by Jewish writers of the period, located both inside and outside of the land. The book's central assertion is that the territory's status and scope and the way in which sacred spaces are perceived all depend on Jewish identity in all of its complexity and diversity"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Space -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Space -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500.
Jews -- Identity.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ben Eliyahu, Eyal, author. Identity and territory Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520293601 (DLC) 2018038416
ISBN 9780520966789 (epub)
0520966783
9780520293601 (cloth) (alkaline paper)