Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity / / edited by A. Houtman, M.J.H.M. Poorthuis, J. Schwartz.
Time and space can take on a sacred nature in both Judaism and Christianity accompanied by a permanent critical attitude towards the sacred. Conceptions of sacredness imply a conception of community and of society at large. This study investigates the different attitudes toward sacred time and space...
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| Superior document: | Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [1998] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / A. Houtman , M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz
- Introduction / Alberdina Houtman , Marcel Poorthuis and Joshua Schwartz
- Torah from Zion Isaiah’s Temple Vision (Isaiah 2:1-4) / Baruch J. Schwartz
- Transformations of Space and Time: Nathan’s Oracle and David’s Prayer in 1 Chronicles 17 / Pancratius C. Beentjes
- Holy Place and Hannah’s Prayer: A Comparison of LAB 50-51 and Luke 2:22-39 à Propos 1 Samuel 1-2 / Bart J. Koet
- The Lasting Sanctity of Bethesda / Martien Parmentier
- Ir Ha-Miqdash and its Meaning in the Temple Scroll and Other Qumran Texts / Lawrence H. Schiffman
- Holiness and Mysticism at Sinai According to the Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael / Lieve Teugels
- Jerusalem and the Temple in the Tannaitic Literature of the First Generation after the Destruction of the Temple / Shmuel Safrai
- ‘They Direct Their Hearts to Jerusalem’: References to Jerusalem and Temple in Mishnah and Tosefta Berakhot / Alberdina Houtman
- ‘To Stand- Perhaps to Sit’: Sitting and Standing in the Azarah in the Second Temple Period / Joshua Schwartz
- The Institutionalization of the Cult of Saints in Christian Society / Ze’ev Safrai
- Between Jerusalem and Bethlehem: Jerome and the Holy Places of Palestine / Hillel Isaac Newman
- Moses’ Rod in Zipporah’s Garden / Marcel Poorthuis
- Liturgical Time and Space in Early Christianity in Light of Their Jewish Background / Gerard Rouwhorst
- Holy City and Holy Land as Viewed by Jews and Christians in the Byzantine Period: A Conceptual Approach to Sacred Space / Aaron Demsky
- Post-modern Pilgrimage: Christian Ritual Between Liturgy and ‘Topolatry’ / Paul Post
- The Sanctity of Mount Herzl and Independence Day in Israel’s Civil Religion / Ophir Yarden
- A Rachel for Everyone: The Kinneret Cemetery as a Site of Civil Pilgrimage / Amos Ron
- Translation of the 29 line Re/:zob lnscription / A. Houtman , M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz
- Plates / A. Houtman , M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz
- Index of Names and Subjects / A. Houtman , M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz
- Index of Ancient Sources / A. Houtman , M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz.