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Hellenistic Judaism on the Perfection of the Human Body
Journal of Jewish Studies, 2010The article addresses the relevance of the carnality/spirituality discourse in Rabbinic studies started by Daniel Boyarin. The author suggests that Hellenistic Jews were not deprived of an intimate regard of their bodily existence. To a certain extent that perception was rooted not only in the Psalms but in Greek philosophy (mainly stoicism).
Arkady Kovelman
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Abraham Maimonides on Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost “Perfection” from the “Imperfection” of Islam
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The Pursuit of Perfection: Vice or Virtue in Judaism?
Journal of Psychology and Judaism, 1999This article explores the issue of perfectionism, which the author asserts is the underlying dynamic in the emotional disorders of many religious patients. Judaism's attitude toward perfectionism, the use of religion as a defense by perfectionistic patients and the degree to which religious issues should be the focus of therapy are discussed.
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Bible: Attitudes to Bible Translation in Hellenistic Judaism
The Bible Translator, 2016This article investigates attitudes to Bible translation as mirrored in the Letter of Aristeas, Philo’s treatise On the Life of Moses, and the prologue to the book of Ben Sira. In each of these documents, its respective author reflects on the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek.
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“Wisdom Among the Perfect:” Creation Traditions in Alexandrian Judaism and Corinthian Christianity
Novum Testamentum, 1995L'A. s'interesse a la genese des traditions en prenant l'exemple de celle qui s'est elaboree dans le judaisme alexandrin et de celle du le christianisme corinthien. Il tient a montrer l'influence de la premiere dans l'elaboration de la seconde, notamment dans le cadre du corpus ...
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Harvard Theological Review, 2015
Moses Mendelssohn famously penned hisJerusalem; or, On Religious Power and Judaismin response to a public challenge. Mendelssohn had declared “ecclesiastical power” to be a contradiction in terms, and had thus come out strongly against the use of coercion in religious life, and against the ban of excommunication by rabbinic authorities, in particular ...
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Moses Mendelssohn famously penned hisJerusalem; or, On Religious Power and Judaismin response to a public challenge. Mendelssohn had declared “ecclesiastical power” to be a contradiction in terms, and had thus come out strongly against the use of coercion in religious life, and against the ban of excommunication by rabbinic authorities, in particular ...
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