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The Spirit within Me : Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism / Carol A. Newsom; ed. by John Collins

Englisch

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press [[2021]], [2021]

1 Online-Ressource (288 p)

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Rezensiert in: Kim, World: [Rezension von: Newsom, Carol Ann, 1950-, The spirit within me : self and agency in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism], 2022

Rezensiert in: Maston, Jason *1978-*: [Rezension von: Newsom, Carol Ann, 1950-, The spirit within me : self and agency in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism], 2023

In English

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Newsom, Carol Ann *1950-*: The spirit within me. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021. - xii, 277 Seiten

978-0-300-26296-4

DOI: 10.12987/9780300262964

*Israel <Altertum> / Frühjudentum / Selbst

*Self -- Religious aspects -- Judaism ; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D ; Agent (Philosophy) -- History -- To 1500 ; Self -- Israel -- History -- To 1500 ; Self -- Israel -- History -- To 1500

*RELIGION / Judaism / History

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BM175.A1 ; BM565

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.09; ; 296.3;

bisacsh: REL040030

The first full-length study of the evolution of self and agency in ancient Israelite anthropology Conceptions of “the self” have received significant recent attention in philosophy, anthropology, and cultural history. Scholars argue that the introspective self of the modern West is a distinctive phenomenon that cannot be projected back onto the cultures of antiquity. While acknowledging such difference is vital, it can lead to an inaccurate flattening of the ancient self. In this study, Carol A. Newsom explores the assumptions that govern ancient Israelite views of the self and its moral agency before the fall of Judah, as well as striking developments during the Second Temple period. She demonstrates how the collective trauma of the destruction of the Temple catalyzed changes in the experience of the self in Israelite literature, including first‑person-singular prayers, notions of self‑alienation, and emerging understandings of a defective heart and will. Examining novel forms of spirituality as well as sectarian texts, Newsom chronicles the evolving inward gaze in ancient Israelite literature, unveiling how introspection in Second Temple Judaism both parallels and differs from forms of introspective selfhood in Greco‑Roman cultures

 

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