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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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What is cognition? -- Control -- Networks -- Rationality -- Names -- Hypertext -- Environment. |
| Summary |
Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, brains, hearts, and minds of individual people. More than this, Judaic bodies and texts, both oral and written, connect and feed back on one another. Judaic Technologies of the Word examines how technologies of literacy interact with bodies and minds over time. The emergence of literacy is now understood to be a decisive factor in religious history, and is central to the transformations ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-210) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judaism -- History -- Philosophy.
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Judaism. |
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History. |
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Philosophy. |
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Literacy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Literacy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Judaism and culture.
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Judaism and culture. |
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Communication and culture.
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Communication and culture. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Levy, Gabriel. Judaic Technologies of the Word : A Cognitive Analysis of Jewish Cultural Formation. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9781908049841 |
| ISBN |
9781317543459 (electronic book) |
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1317543459 (electronic book) |
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9781315728612 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1315728613 (e-book ; PDF) |
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9781908049841 |
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