Reflections on the silence of god : a discussion with Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor / / edited by Bob Becking

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453478703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden : , : Brill, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 90-04-25913-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Collana: Oudtestamentische studien = Old Testament studies ; ; 62
• Altri autori (Persone): BeckingBob
• Disciplina: 212/.6
• Soggetti: Belief and doubt; God; Hidden God; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter / Bob Becking -- Ex Oriente Silentium: An Introduction to This Volume / Bob Becking -- Temple Vessels Speaking for a Silent God: Notes on Divine Presence in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah / Bob Becking -- Divine Silence or Divine Absence? Converging Metaphors in Family Religion in Ancient Israel and the Levant / Joel S. Burnett -- Let Sleeping Gods Lie? / Meindert Dijkstra -- „Der schweigende Gott“: Gedanken zu einem beachtenswerten Buch und einem bedeutsamen Thema / Walter Dietrich -- ‘It Shall Be Night to You, without Vision’: The Theme of Divine Disfavour in the Biblical Prophetic Books / Matthijs J. de Jong -- How Comprehensible Can Divine Silence Be? Reflections on the Biblical Evidence / Paul Sanders -- Deafening Silence? On Hearing God in the Midst of Suffering / Marcel Sarot -- Speaking from the Gaps: The Eloquent Silence of God in Esther / Anne-Mareike Wetter -- Reaction to the Contributions of Our Reviewers / Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor -- Indexes / Bob Becking.
• Sommario/riassunto: In their recent book The Silent God , Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor presented a provocative view on the concept of divine silence in ancient Israel. In their view, divine silence can be explained as an ; answer to a variety of circumstances. Additionally, they opt for the view that divine silence needs to be answered by appropriate human conduct. The essays in this volume applaud and challenge their views from different perspectives: exegetical, ancient Near Eastern, semantic, philosophical et cetera Some authors hint at the view that divine silence should be construed as an indication of divine absence. Korpel and De Moor give a learned response to their critics. Contributors include: Bob Becking, Joel Burnett, Meindert Dijkstra, Walter Dietrich, Matthijs de Jong, Paul Sanders, Marcel Sarot, Anne-Mareike Wetter, Marjo Korpel and Johannes C. de Moor.

Studies in Greek lexicography : in honor of John N. Kazazis / edited by Georgios K. Giannakis, Christoforos Charalambakis, Franco Montanari and Antonios Rengakos

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910758695603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; Boston, : De Gruyter, 2018
• ISBN: 9783110621570
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 343 p. ; 23 cm
• Collana: Trends in classics , Supplementary volumes ; 72
• Disciplina: 483.028
• Locazione: FGBC
• Collocazione: IV P 66
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Gender and timebound commandments in Judaism / / Elizabeth Shanks Alexander [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779984103321
• Autore: Alexander Elizabeth Shanks <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-88974-5; 1-107-05501-6; 1-107-47917-7; 1-107-05967-4; 1-107-05614-4; 1-107-05844-9; 1-139-56506-0; 1-107-05720-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: REL040000
• Disciplina: 296.4082
• Soggetti: Women in Judaism; Sex role - Religious aspects - Judaism; Feminism - Religious aspects - Judaism; Jewish women - Religious life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Gender and the Tannaitic Rule: 1. The rule and social reality: conceiving the category, formulating the rule; 2. Between man and woman: lists of male-female difference -- Part II. Talmudic Interpretation and the Potential for Gender: 3. How tefillin became a positive commandment not occasioned by time; 4. Shifting orthodoxies; 5. From description to prescription -- Part III. Gender in Women's Ritual Exemptions: 6. Women's exemption from Shema and tefillin; 7. Torah study as ritual; 8. The fringes debate: a conclusion of sorts -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: The rule that exempts women from rituals that need to be performed at specific times (so-called timebound, positive commandments) has served for centuries to stabilize Jewish gender. It has provided a ; rationale for women's centrality at home and their absence from the synagogue. Departing from dominant popular and scholarly views, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander argues that the rule was not conceived to structure women's religious lives, but rather became a tool for social engineering only after it underwent shifts in meaning during its transmission. Alexander narrates the rule's complicated history, establishing the purposes for which it was initially formulated and the shifts in interpretation that led to its being perceived as a key marker of Jewish gender. At the end of her study, Alexander points to women's exemption from particular rituals (Shema, tefillin and Torah study), which, she argues, are better places to look for insight into rabbinic gender.