Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period
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Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period by Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough
This volume presents an abridged edition of Erwin Goodenough's 13-volume work, an attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the Greco-Roman period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, Goodenough offers evidence for the existence of a Hellenistic-Jewish mystic mythology far closer to the Qabbalah than to rabbinical Judaism.
"Since [Jacob Neusner's one-volume abridgement] presents the fruits of Goodenough's decades-long study of ancient Jewish art, climaxed by his study of the third-century synagogue at Dura-Europas, it is probably the best introduction to Goodenough's mature thoughtNeusner contributes a twenty-nine-page foreword that explains the enduring importance of the entire thirteen-volume work."---David M. Hay, Studia Philonica Annual 1
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691019222 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691019223 |
| Title | Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period |
| Author | Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough |
| Series | Jewish Symbols In The Greco-Roman Period |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1992-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 375 |
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