LEADER 04294nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910457484803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61811-037-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781618110374 035 $a(CKB)2550000000061772 035 $a(EBL)3110390 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12211935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10528744 035 $a(PQKB)11706049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3110390 035 $a(DE-B1597)541041 035 $a(OCoLC)1135589746 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781618110374 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3110390 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509015 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL574356 035 $a(OCoLC)922977990 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000061772 100 $a20080505d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA roadmap to the heavens$b[electronic resource] $ean anthropological study of hegemony among priests, sages, and laymen /$fSigalit Ben-Zion 210 $aBoston $cAcademic Studies Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 225 1 $aJudaism and Jewish life 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-934843-14-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tFOREWORD -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tCHAPTER ONE. Introduction and methodological considerations -- $tCHAPTER TWO. Mapping the social identity "Priests" -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Mapping the social identity "Sages" -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. The relationship between the Haverim and 'Am ha'aretz -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. The self-awareness of the Sages as constituters of the counter-hegemony -- $tCHAPTER SIX. Exchange of ruling elites or the constitution of counter-hegemony? -- $tSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- $tAFTERWORD -- $tGLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS -- $tTRANSLATION OF PRIMARY SOURCES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX OF REFERENCES -- $tINDEX OF CONCEPTS -- $tINDEX OF NAMES 330 $aA Roadmap to the Heavens challenges readers to rethink prevailing ideas about the social map of Jewish society during the Tannaitic period (70 C.E. - 220 C.E.). New insights were made possible by applying anthropological theories and conceptual tools. In addition, social phenomena were better understood by comparing them to similar social phenomena in other cultures regardless of time and space. The book explores the rich and complex relationships between the Sages, Priests, and laymen who competed for hegemony in social, cultural, and political arenas. The struggle was not simply a case of attempting to displace the priestly elite by a new scholarly elite. Rather, in the process of constituting a counter-hegemony, the attitude of the Sages towards the Priests entailed ambivalent psychological mechanisms, such as attraction - rejection, imitation - denial, and cooperation - confrontation. The book further reveals that to achieve political and social power the Sages used the established hegemonic priestly discourse to undermine the existing social structure. The innovative discovery of this monograph is that while the Sages professed a new social order based on intellectual achievement, they retained elements of the old order, such as family attribution, group nepotism, endogamy, ritual purity and impurity, and secret knowledge. Thus, social mobility based on education was available only to privileged social classes. The conclusion of the book is that even though the Sages resisted the priestly hegemony and attempted to disengage from it, they could not free themselves from the shackles of the priestly discourse and praxis. 410 0$aJudaism and Jewish life. 606 $aCohanim 606 $aTannaim 606 $aJews$xHistory$y70-638 606 $aJews$zPalestine$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCohanim. 615 0$aTannaim. 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 676 $a305.50933 700 $aBen-Zion$b Sigalit$01033770 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457484803321 996 $aA roadmap to the heavens$92452485 997 $aUNINA