Land, center and diaspora : Jewish constructs in late antiquity / Isaiah M. Gafni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gafni, Isaiah M., author.

Series:

Library of Second Temple studies.

Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 21.

Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 21

Library of Second Temple studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The unique duality of Jewish existence, wherein a major Jewish centre in the Land of Israel flourished alongside a large and prosperous diaspora, was one of the outstanding features of Second Temple and post-Temple Jewish life. As in modern times, ongoing Jewish dispersion raised questions that went to the heart of Jewish self-identity, and declarations of allegiance to the ancestral homeland were frequently accompanied by seemingly contrary expressions of ''local-patriotism'' on the part of Jewish diaspora communities. The destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 CE, and the subsequent

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; INTRODUCTION: 'AT TWO SHIFTS FROM REALITY?'; 1 'A KNOCK AT THE DOOR'; 2 'DENIAL, BRUTALITY AND SHEER HUMAN CONFUSION'; 3 'PRIVILEGED DISTANCE FROM DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT'; 4 'FRENCH IS MY FILM OR TV'; 5 'DIALOGUE IS INHERENTLY CRUEL'; 6 'HEARING THEIR VOICES'; 7 'VIEWED WITH HOSTILITY AND SUSPICION' ; 8 'MY PLAYS EMIT CRITICISM'; CONCLUSION: 'LOOKING FOR CONSTRAINTS' ; THE INTERVIEWS; Sam Walters; Anthony Clark; Auriol Smith; Joe Penhall; Jude Kelly; Lindsay Posner; Tim Albery; Katie Mitchell; Edward Kemp

David BradbyGerhard Willert; James Macdonald; APPENDIX: ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE; AFTERWORD; TIMELINE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 20, 2014).

ISBN:

9780567015563

0567015564

OCLC:

893330978