Reading the Human Body: Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism
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.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Popović, Mladen, 1977-, Reading the human body] (2014) (Bar-Ilan, Meir)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Ser.
v.67 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish astrology
B Electronic books B Dead Sea scrolls ; 4Q ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Physiognomy ; Religious aspects ; Judaism |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004157170 |
| Summary: | 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. Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Physiognomics: Things Signified by the Human Body -- Physiognomic Learning and Physiognomic Consciousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Period Judaism -- 4QZodiacal Physiognomy and 4QPhysiognomy ar: Physiognomic-Astrological and Physiognomic Lists -- Two Non-Sectarian Compositions, One Possibly Sectarian Copy -- Outline and Main Theses of the Present Study -- CHAPTER ONE: READING 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) AND 4QPHYSIOGNOMY AR (4Q561): TEXTS, GENRE, AND STRUCTURE -- Introduction -- 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4Q186) -- Name and Genre -- Material Reconstruction -- Columns and Measurements -- Writing, Paleography, and Date -- Contents -- Transcription and Translation -- 4Q186 1 i -- 4Q186 1 ii -- 4Q186 1 iii -- 4Q186 1 iv -- 4Q186 2 i -- 4Q186 2 ii -- 4Q186 3 -- 4Q186 4 -- 4Q186 5 -- 4Q186 6 -- The Structure of the Text and the Primacy of Physiognomics -- Reconstructing the Beginning of the Physiognomic Entries -- 4Q186 1 i 7: Start of an Entry -- 4Q186 1 i 8-9: Describing Face and Head -- The Second Column -- l יבשה as a Reference to a Zodiacal Sign -- l יבשה as a Reference to a Zodiacal Quadrant -- l יבשה as a Reference to One of the Phases of the Moon -- l יבשה as a Reference to a Column of a (Heavenly) Scroll -- Assessing the Meaning and Significance of יבשה רומעה -- And this is the Horoscope under which He Was Born -- Magico-Medicinal Stones -- 4QPhysiognomy ar (4Q561) -- Name and Genre -- Material Reconstruction, Columns, and Measurements -- Paleography and Date -- Contents -- Transcription and Translation -- 4Q561 1 i -- 4Q561 1 ii -- 4Q561 2 -- 4Q561 3 -- 4Q561 4 -- 4Q561 5 -- 4Q561 6 -- 4Q561 7 -- Body and Spirit? -- The Relationship between 4QPhysiognomy ar (4Q561) and 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4Q186). |
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| ISBN: | 9047420462 |