Between Alexandria and Jerusalem : : the dynamic of Jewish and Hellenistic culture / / by Arkady Kovelman.
The book exhibits the dynamics of Jewish culture from Alexandrian exegesis to the Talmud in the framework of literary revolutions. These revolutions followed the crisis of tradition and the appearance of 'mass society' in Late Antiquity.
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| Superior document: | The Brill reference library of Judaism, v. 21 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill reference library of Judaism ;
v. 21. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- A quest for historicism and the rhetoric of petitions
- Laughter, fantasy, and eroticism : from the scroll of Esther to Esther Midrash
- Exegesis and midrash
- Typology and pesher in the "Letter of Aristeas"
- The sages and the crowd : society behind the culture.