Reading the human body: physiognomics and astrology in the Dead Sea scrolls and Hellenistic-early Roman period Judaism
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Beteilige Person: Popović, Mladen 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2007
Schriftenreihe:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah v. 67
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: READING 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) AND 4QPHYSIOGNOMY AR (4Q561): TEXTS, GENRE, AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER TWO: TO READ STRANGE MATTERS FROM THE HUMAN BODY: PHYSIOGNOMICS IN BABYLONIAN AND GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE; CHAPTER THREE: "IN THE FOOT OF TAURUS": ASTROLOGICAL NOTIONS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186); CHAPTER FOUR: "THERE IS A SPIRIT FOR HIM ... ": HUMAN OR ZODIACAL SPIRITS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186)
Offering fresh reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 346 pages)
ISBN:9047420462
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