The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient
world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those
which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as
drinking water and uttering one’s last words. And within a
scriptural universe, no work exerted more force than the Psalter,
the most cherished text among all the books of the Hebrew Bible. A
Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity clarifies the world of late
ancient Judaism through the versatile and powerful lens of the
Psalter. It asks a simple set of questions: Where did late ancient
Jews encounter the Psalms? How did they engage with the work? And
what meanings did they produce? A. J. Berkovitz answers these
queries by reconstructing and contextualizing a diverse set of
religious practices performed with and on the Psalter, such as
handling a physical copy, reading from it, interpreting it
exegetically, singing it as liturgy, invoking it as magic and
reciting it as an act of piety. His book draws from and contributes
to the fields of ancient Judaism, biblical reception, book history
and the history of reading.
General
| Imprint: |
University of PennsylvaniaPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Jewish Culture and Contexts |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
A.J. Berkovitz
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
|
| Pages: |
274 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5128-2418-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5128-2418-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781512824186 |
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