Rabbinic body language : non-verbal communication in Palestinian rabbinic literature of late antiquity / by Catherine Hezser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hezser, Catherine, 1960-

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 179.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 179

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonverbal communication in rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages).

Place of Publication:

Brill 2017

Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Summary:

This study constitutes the first comprehensive examination of rabbinic body language represented in Palestinian rabbinic sources of late antiquity. Catherine Hezser examines rabbis’ appearance and demeanor, spatial movement, gestures, and facial expressions on the basis of literary and social-anthropological methods and theories. She discusses the various forms of rabbis’ non-verbal communication in the context of Graeco-Roman and ancient Christian literary sources and in connection with the material culture of Roman and early Byzantine Palestine. Catherine Hezser convincingly shows that in rabbinic literature body language serves as an important means of rabbis’ self-fashioning. Rabbinic texts create the image of a particularly Jewish type of intellectual who functioned and competed for adherents within the highly visual and body-conscious environment of late antiquity.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Appearance and Demeanor

Posture and Spatial Behavior

Gestures

Facial Expressions

Conclusions: Body Language in Rabbinic Literature

Bibliography

Index of Sources

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

90-04-33906-X

OCLC:

970042480

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004339064 DOI