Author: Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 900440595X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 267
Book Description
In the past decades, the dynamics of rituals has been a productive topic of research. This volume investigates questions surrounding the ritual dynamics in (holy) Jewish and Christian texts, and cases where rituals of different religious communities interacted.
Author: Kerry M. Olitzky Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing ISBN: 1580232108 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 131
Book Description
With biblical and historical background, insight into contemporary practice and personal stories, this easy-to-understand guide explains nine rituals in Jewish spiritual practice and shows how they can deepen Christians' understanding of their own faith.
Author: Shaye J. D. Cohen Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674293703 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 545
Book Description
The Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaism—all of rabbinic law, from ancient to modern times, is based on the Talmud, and the Talmud, in turn, is based on the Mishnah. But the Mishnah is also an elusive document; its sources and setting are obscure, as are its genre and purpose. In January 2021 the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies and the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law of the Harvard Law School co-sponsored a conference devoted to the simple yet complicated question: “What is the Mishnah?” Leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Israel assessed the state of the art in Mishnah studies; and the papers delivered at that conference form the basis of this collection. Learned yet accessible, What Is the Mishnah? gives readers a clear sense of current and future direction of Mishnah studies.
Author: Lewis Ayres Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108871917 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 1232
Book Description
This book is for scholars and students of the ideas, literatures, and cultures of early Christianity and late antiquity, ancient philosophers, and historians of theology. It offers new perspectives on early Christian modes of knowing and ordering knowledge in relation to changing discourses, institutions, and material culture of late antiquity.
Author: Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 900467828X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 300
Book Description
The powerful poetry of the Hebrew Psalms articulates a unique range of experience, even in translation. They explore the deepest concerns of individuals and communities. They are central to the performance of religion for both Jews and Christians. New discoveries, such as the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, have transformed our view of their role in Judaism, as has modern re-evaluation of the complicated relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Here a group of leading scholars sheds fresh light on the uses of the Psalms in post-biblical Jewish life in a multi-cultural world.
Author: Christian Frevel Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004232109 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 618
Book Description
Focusing on concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the ancient Mediterranean, this volume contributes new aspects to the current discussion about the forming of religious traditions, from a comparative perspective that acknowldges individual developments, mutual exchanges, as well as transcultural processes.
Author: Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472571185 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
This volume considers the implementation difficulties of researching religion online and reflects on the ethical dilemmas faced by sociologists of religion when using digital research methods. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, global case studies draw on the use of social media as a method for researching religious oppression, religion and identity in virtual worlds, digital communication within religious organisations, and young people's diverse expressions of faith online. Additionally, boxed tips are provided throughout the text to serve as reminders of tools that readers may use in their own research projects.
Author: 
Author: Kerry M. Olitzky
Author: Shaye J. D. Cohen
Author: Lewis Ayres
Author: Pamela A. Patton
Author: Pamela A. Patton and Maria Alessia Rossi
Author: 
Author: Hermann Leberecht Strack
Author: Christian Frevel
Author: Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor