| Description |
1 online resource (300 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; volume 179
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Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 179.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
This study constitutes the first comprehensive examination of rabbinic body language represented in Palestinian rabbinic sources of late antiquity. Catherine Hezser examines rabbis' appearance and demeanor, spatial movement, gestures, and facial expressions on the basis of literary and social-anthropological methods and theories. She discusses the various forms of rabbis' non-verbal communication in the context of Graeco-Roman and ancient Christian literary sources and in connection with the material culture of Roman and early Byzantine Palestine. Catherine Hezser convincingly shows that in rabbinic literature body language serves as an important means of rabbis' self-fashioning. Rabbinic texts create the image of a particularly Jewish type of intellectual who functioned and competed for adherents within the highly visual and body-conscious environment of late antiquity. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Appearance and Demeanor -- 2. Posture and Spatial Behavior -- 3. Gestures -- 4. Facial Expressions -- 5. Conclusions: Body Language in Rabbinic Literature. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nonverbal communication in rabbinical literature.
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Nonverbal communication in rabbinical literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hezser, Catherine, 1960- Rabbinic body language. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004339057 (DLC) 2016051825 |
| ISBN |
9789004339064 (electronic book) |
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900433906X (electronic book) |
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9789004339057 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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