Grounded spirituality : aspects of rabbinic culture in its late antique context / Marc Hirshman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirshman, Marc G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Jewish literature--Influence.

Jewish literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This book provides insight into the unique world of Rabbinic religiosity in late antiquity. Treating a variety of central subjects that shaped the religious outlook of the Jewish sages of the Midrash and Talmud, the book serves as a guide and introduction to reading Rabbinic sources of the first five Centuries C.E.. Each chapter chooses an intriguing Rabbinic text on an important aspect of religion, reads it closely and compares it to other texts of the Rabbis and other religious and philosophic cultures of late antiquity. The book hopes to show the brilliant effort to develop a religiosity both earthy and ethereal at one and the same time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 "Torah from Sinai": From the Book of Jubilees to the Babylonian Talmud and Beyond

Summary

References

3 Charity: A Capital Matter

4 Love and Passion: Between Earth and Heaven

5 Philosophy in Rabbinic Circles: More Than Meets the Eye?

6 Mysticism and Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai

7 The Language of Creation: An Enduring Power

8 Torah Study: A Double-Edged Sword

References.

9 Why Does Tannaitic Universalism Leave No Trace in Amoraic Literature?

10 "This Is My Lord and I Will Glorify": Rabbinic Religiosity

Epilogue: Why Study Late Antique Judaism

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Index

Rabbinic Sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed July 2, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Hirshman, Marc G. Grounded spirituality.

ISBN:

9780197660614

0197660614

0197660606

9780197660607

9780197660591

0197660592

OCLC:

1467888410

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license