Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature

Blood for Thought delves into a relatively unexplored area of rabbinic literature: the vast corpus of laws,...
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Author: Mira Balberg
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Language: English
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Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature by Balberg, Mira

Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature

CHF 79.75

Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature

CHF 79.75
Author: Mira Balberg
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Blood for Thought delves into a relatively unexplored area of rabbinic literature: the vast corpus of laws, regulations, and instructions pertaining to sacrificial rituals. Mira Balberg traces and analyzes the ways in which the early rabbis interpreted and conceived of biblical sacrifices, reinventing them as a site through which to negotiate intellectual, cultural, and religious trends and practices in their surrounding world. Rather than viewing the rabbinic project as an attempt to generate a nonsacrificial version of Judaism, she argues that the rabbis developed a new sacrificial Jewish tradition altogether, consisting of not merely substitutes to sacrifice but elaborate practical manuals that redefined the processes themselves, radically transforming the meanings of sacrifice, its efficacy, and its value.

Author: Mira Balberg
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780520401419

About the Author
Mira Balberg is Professor of History and David Goodblatt Endowed Chair in Ancient Jewish Civilization at the University of California, San Diego. Her most recent book is Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture.

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