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Oneirocritics and Midrash. On reading dreams and the Scripture
Nordisk Judaistik, 2003 In the context of ancient theories of dreams and their interpretation, the rabbinic literature offers particularly interesting loci. Even though the view on the nature of dreams is far from unambiguous, the rabbinic tradition of oneirocritics, i.e.
Erik Alvstad
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The attemped murder by Laban the Aramean: an example of intertextual reading in Midrash
Nordisk Judaistik, 2003 This article deals with the question of why Laban the Aramean, a rather harmless character as presented in the biblical text, is generally portrayed in rabbinic literature as a major enemy of Israel.
Karin Hedner-Zetterholm
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The conceptualisation of morality in Judaism
Verbum et EcclesiaThis article dealt with the irony that confronts any investigation into the conceptualisation of morality in Judaism: much of contemporary scholarship promotes the Strong Dependence Theory where God is considered the prime source of morality − yet an ...
Gavin Michal
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Two Perceptions of Change in Judeo-Spanish Rabbinic Literature
Sefarad : Revista de Estudios Hebraicos y Sefardíes, 2000 En este artículo analizo las referencias a la introducción del telégrafo en dos libros de musar del siglo XIX publicados en ladino: el Pele Yo 'éŝ, cuyo versión judeoespañola preparó Yeudá Papo, y el Séfer Ki źe kol haadam, de Ben-Ŝiyón Binyamín Rodeti ...
Matthias B. Lehmann
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Hermeneutic Strategy of Rabbinic Literature
ReligionsThis work is devoted to the development of dialogical hermeneutics. As a special field of research, hermeneutics was formed as a result of the efforts of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, and Gadamer.
Ilya Dvorkin
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Pilgrimage Itineraries: Seeing the Past through Rabbinic Eyes [PDF]
, 2013 This article makes several claims. It argues that the genre of “pilgrim's literature” is present in rabbinic sources, and identifies rabbinic pilgrimage itineraries.
Rachel Rafael Neis
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EMBODIED COGNITION IN CLASSICAL RABBINIC LITERATURE
Zygon, 2013 Challenging earlier cognitivist approaches, recent theories of embodied cognition argue that the human mind and its functions are best understood as intimately bound up with the human body and its physiological dimensions.
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Reconsidering the Early Rabbinic “Miqweh”
ReligionsThis study reconsiders the meaning of the term “miqweh” in early rabbinic literature and challenges its common rendering as “immersion pool” or “ritual bath.” Surveying biblical and Second Temple texts, it demonstrates that “miqweh” originally indicated ...
Yonatan Adler
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Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma +3 more
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The reception of Qoheleth in a selection of rabbinic, patristic and nonconformist texts [PDF]
, 2003 The purpose of this thesis is to examine the reception of the text of Qoheleth in a selection of rabbinic, patristic and nonconformist literature.
Yesudian-Storfjell, Suseela C
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