Holiness: Rabbinic Judaism in the Graeco-Roman World (Religion in the First Christian Centuries) [Hardcover]

Hannah K. Harrington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 10, 2001 | ISBN-10: 041514986X | ISBN-13: 978-0415149860

In this in-depth exploration of holiness in the context of rabbinic Judaism, Hannah K. Harrington places the rabbinic concept of holiness alongside other notions of the sacred in the Graeco-Roman world. Holistic and yet detailed, this volume provides a much-needed comparative view of this subject during a key period in the development of the Jewish religion.

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I am grateful to the editors of the Quarterly for having sent it (this book) to me, and I recommend it to interested Orthodox readers for an education about the often startlingly familiar ways in which our kinfolk in the Isreal of God approach the Holy One of Moses and the prophets..
–Hieromonk Alexander, St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly

About the Author

Dr Hannah K. Harrington is professor of Old Testament at Patten College, Oakland, CA, USA. She received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and has written numerous articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic Judaism.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (July 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 041514986X
• ISBN-13: 978-0415149860
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,268,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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