The use and dissemination of religious knowledge in antiquity / edited by Catherine Hezser and Diana Edelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hezser, Catherine, 1960- editor.

Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).

Religious literature--History.

Religious literature.

Religion--History.

Religion.

History.

Religions--History.

Religions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2021.

Summary:

"This volume investigates for the first time whether and to what extent religious knowledge - e.g., "sacred" narratives, customary practices, legal rules, family traditions, festival observances - was accessible to and known by ordinary people beyond religious functionaries. This book is the first collaborative interdisciplinary study of this important subject area with chapters written by international experts on ancient Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible, Qumran literature, rabbinic literature, and early Christianity including apocrypha and monastic traditions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Ancient Mesopotamia

1. Access to Religious Knowledge in Ancient Babylonia / Andrew George

2. Public Lamentation in Ancient Mesopotamia / Sam Mirelman

pt. II Ancient and Medieval Judaism

3. Textual Strategies for Disseminating Torah Knowledge among Ordinary Jews, c. 350-200 bce / Diana Edelman

4. The Production and Dissemination of Knowledge within the Qumran Community / David Hamidovid

5. `If They Are Not Prophets, They Are Sons of Prophets': Folk Religion (Minhag) as a Source of Law in Rabbinic Judaism / Philip Alexander

6. Interaction between Rabbis and Non-Rabbinic Jews in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity / Catherine Hezser

7. Medieval Jewish Liturgy as Religious Education / Stefan C. Reif

pt. III Early and Byzantine Christianity

8. Reading Thecla: Holy Women as Transmitters of Knowledge / Christine Amadou

9. The Dissemination of Religious Knowledge through Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries / Hugo Lundhaug

10. Religious Knowledge and Models of Authority in Sixth-Century Gaza / Jan R. Stenger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: The use and dissemination of religious knowledge in antiquity

ISBN:

9781781798768

1781798761

OCLC:

1250431431

Publisher Number:

99988702117