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The Signifying Creator - Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism (Hardcover, New)
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The Signifying Creator - Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism (Hardcover, New)
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For centuries, Jews have been known as the "people of the book." It
is commonly thought that Judaism in the first several centuries CE
found meaning exclusively in textual sources. But there is another
approach to meaning to be found in ancient Judaism, one that sees
it in the natural world and derives it from visual clues rather
than textual ones. According to this conception, God embedded
hidden signs in the world that could be read by human beings and
interpreted according to complex systems. In exploring the diverse
functions of signs outside of the realm of the written word, Swartz
introduces unfamiliar sources and motifs from the formative age of
Judaism, including magical and divination texts and new
interpretations of legends and midrashim from classical rabbinic
literature. He shows us how ancient Jews perceived these signs and
read them, elaborating on their use of divination, symbolic
interpretation of physical features and dress, and interpretations
of historical events. As we learn how these ancient people read the
world, we begin to see how ancient people found meaning in
unexpected ways.
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