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When near becomes far : old age in Rabbinic literature / Mira Balberg, Haim Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balberg, Mira, 1978- author.
- Weiss, Haim, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging in rabbinical literature.
- Old age in rabbinical literature.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 221 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'When Near Becomes Far' explores representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE). Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of aging in the rabbinic world: bodily appearance and sexuality, family relations, intellectual and cognitive prowess, honor and shame, and social roles and identity.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Like Two Fountains: Fluidity, Sexuality, and the Aging Body 2. Squawk to Them Like Roosters: Aging Parents and their Children 3. I Am Not Old: Age and Agelessness in the Study House 4. Raise My Eyes for Me: Gazing at Old Age 5. Running at Dusk: Anonymity and Identity in Old Age Epilogue Bibliography Source Index Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford University Press, viewed May 30, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-750151-6
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