Jewish symbols in the Greco-Roman period

by Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough

Paperback, 1988

Publication

Imprint: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c1988. Context: A one-volume abridgment of the thirteen volume work "Jewish symbols in the Greco-Roman period", Bollingen series XXXVII, originally published between 1953 and 1968. Series: Bollingen series. Responsibility: Erwin R. Goodenough, edited and abridged by Jacob Neusner. OCLC Number: 17618692. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xlvi, 281 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Features: Includes index.

Call number

History / Goode

Barcode

BK-02712

ISBN

0691099677 / 9780691099675

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Description: This volume presents to a new generation of readers the most important portions of Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. -- from jacket flap

Table of Contents: Part I. The question, the method --
ch. 1. The problem --
ch. 2. Method in evaluating symbols --
Part II. The answer --
ch. 3. The Shofar --
ch. 4. Pagan symbols in Judaism : astronomical symbols --
Part III. The synagogue at Dura-Europos --
ch. 5. Interpreting the art of the synagogue at Dura-Europos --
ch. 6. Cosmic Judaism : the Temple of Aaron --
ch. 7. The Judaism of immaterial reality : the Ark vs. paganism --
ch. 8. Summary : Judaism at Dura.

Location: COLLECTION: Religious Studies -- AREA: Religious Studies -- SECTION: History / Filing name: Goodenough

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Physical description

xlvi, 281 p.; 25 cm

Description

This volume presents the most important portions of Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, Goodenough offered evidence for the existence of a Hellenistic-Jewish mystic mythology far closer to the Qabbalah than to rabbinical Judaism. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.… (more)