1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784850303321

Titolo

The Mishnah in contemporary perspective . Vol. 2 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006

ISBN

1-281-39968-X

9786611399689

90-474-1006-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Handbook of oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, , 0169-9423 ; ; v. 87

Altri autori (Persone)

Avery-PeckAlan J <1953-> (Alan Jeffery)

NeusnerJacob <1932->

Disciplina

296.1/2306

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

Preliminary material / Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner -- ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE: THE YAVNEH CONUNDRUM, BIRKAT HAMMINIM, AND THE PROBLEM OF TALMUDIC HISTORIOGRAPHY / Daniel Boyarin -- ON THE QUALITY OF THE RABBINIC TEXT: THE OPENING OF THE MISHNAH / Dalia Hoshen -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE MISHNAH / Hayim Lapin -- THE MISHNAH IN HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT / Jacob Neusner -- THE STRUCTURE AND IMPLICIT MESSAGE OF MISHNAH TRACTATE NAZIR / Simcha Fishbane -- ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE MISHNAH’S HALAKHIC TRADITION: THE CASE OF STONE VESSELS AND RITUAL BATHS / Eyal Regev -- THE POETICS OF THE MISHNAH / Avraham Walfish -- WHY WE CANNOT ASSUME THE HISTORICAL RELIABILITY OF ATTRIBUTIONS: THE CASE OF THE HOUSES IN MISHNAH-TOSEFTA MAKHSHIRIN / Jacob Neusner -- SUBJECT INDEX / Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner.

Sommario/riassunto

This second volume of a two-part project on the Mishnah displays a broad selection of approaches to the study of the Mishnah in the contemporary academy. The work derives from Israel, North America, and Europe and shows the intellectual vitality of scholarship in all three centers of learning. What these articles show in diverse ways is that the Mishnah forms a critical focus of the study of Judaism. The authors of



these studies represent the best of contemporary scholarship on the Mishnah. Because of the many viewpoints included here, this is the most representative selection of contemporary Mishnah-study available in any collection in a Western language.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787728003321

Autore

Althoff Andrea

Titolo

Divided by faith and ethnicity : religious pluralism and the problem of race in Guatemala / / Andrea Althoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-840-8

1-61451-508-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Collana

Religion and society, , 1437-5370 ; ; volume 62

Classificazione

LB 48630

Disciplina

248.42

Soggetti

Religious pluralism

Guametala Race relations

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 -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I -- Religious Pluralism and Ethnicity in Guatemala: An Introduction -- Part II -- Catholicism, Religious Pluralism, and the Ethnic Divide -- Part III -- The Guatemalan Maya Movement: Ethnicity and the Transformation of the Religious Sphere -- Part IV -- Protestantism, Religious Pluralism, and the Ethnic Divide: An Introduction -- Part V -- Conclusion Divided by Faith and Ethnicity: The Relational Dynamic of Religious Pluralism and the Ethnic Status Quo -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Two unprecedented, striking developments form part of the reality of many Latin Americans. Recent decades have seen the dramatic rise of a new religious pluralism, namely the spread of Pentecostal Christianity - Catholic and Protestant alike - and the growth of indigenous revitalization movements. This study analyzes these major transitions, asking what roles ethnicity and ethnic identities play in the



contemporary process of religious pluralism, such as the growth of the Protestant Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and the indigenous Maya movement in Guatemala. This book aims to provide an understanding of the agenda of religious movements, their motivations, and their impact on society. Such a pursuit is urgently needed in Guatemala, a postwar country experiencing acrimonious religious competition and a highly contentious debate on religious pluralism. This volume is relevant to scholars and students of Latin American Studies, Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Practical Theology, and Political Sciences.