1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451455003321

Autore

Collins John J.

Titolo

Jewish Cult and Hellenistic Culture : Essays on the Jewish Encounter with Hellenism and Roman Rule / / John J. Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-86825-2

9786610868254

1-4294-5337-0

90-474-0772-5

1-4337-0630-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; ; 100

Disciplina

296.09014

Soggetti

Jews - Civilization - Greek influences

Jews - History - 168 B.C.-135 A.D

Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

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

Preface; Chapter One. Hellenistic Judaism in Recent Scholarship; Chaper Two. Cult and Culture: The Limits of Hellenization in Judea; Chapter Three. Reinventing Exodus: Exegesis and Legend in Hellenistic Egypt; Chapter Four. Messianism and Exegetical Tradition: The Evidence of the LXX Pentateuch; Chapter Five. The Third Sibyl Revisited; Chapter Six. Spells Pleasing to God: The Binding of Isaac in Philo the Epic Poet; Chapter Seven. Joseph and Aseneth: Jewish or Christian?; Chapter Eight. Life after Death in Pseudo-Phocylides

Chapter Nine. The Reinterpretation of Apocalyptic Traditions in the Wisdom of SolomonChapter Ten. The Mysteries of God: Creation and Eschatology in 4QInstruction and The Wisdom of Solomon; Chapter Eleven. Anti-Semitism in Antiquity? The Case of Alexandria; Chapter Twelve. The Jewish World and the Coming of Rome; Index of Authors; Index of Passages

Sommario/riassunto

This is a collection of 12 essays, written since 1997, on themes related to Hellenistic (Greek-speaking) Judaism. They include a review essay on



recent scholarship on Hellenistic Judaism, a discussion of the question of anti-Semitism in antiquity, a study of the Hellenistic reform in Jerusalem, several studies of individual texts and an essay on the circumstances that led to the first Jewish revolt against Rome.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910831167503321

Titolo

After criticism : new responses to art and performance / / edited by Gavin Butt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

80-470-7742-2

0-470-77424-X

1-281-31125-1

9786611311254

0-470-77735-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

New interventions in art history ; ; 4

Disciplina

701.1809049

Soggetti

Performance art

Art criticism - United States - History - 20th century

Performance (Art)

Crítica d'art

Història

Llibres electrònics

Estats Units d'Amèrica

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 (pages [207]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor 's Preface; Introduction:The Paradoxes of Criticism; Part I Performing Art 's Histories; 1 Solo Solo Solo; 2 Binding to Another 's Wound:Of Weddings and Witness; 3 This is I; Part II Distracted and Bored:The Critic Looks Elsewhere; 4 The Trouble with Men,or,Sex,Boredom,and



the Work of Vaginal Davis; 5 Utopia 's Seating Chart:Ray Johnson,Jill Johnston, and Queer Intermedia as System; 6 Looking Away:Participations in Visual Culture; Part III Critical Response/Performative Process

7 Itinerant Improvisations:From "My Favorite Things " to an "agency of night "8 The Experience of Art as a Living Through of Language; 9 A Transparent Lecture; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It has recently become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. Either commodification is deemed to have killed it off, or it has become institutionally routine. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a 'theatrical turn' in recent visual arts practice, and the emergence of a 'performative' arts writing over the past decade or so.  Issues addressed include the 'performing' of art's histories; the consequences for criticism of embracing boredom, distraction and other 'queer' forms of (in)attention; and the importan