ISBN:
9789047420460
Language:
Aramaic
Pages:
Online-Ressource ( 346 S. )
,
ill. (some col.)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Year of publication:
2007
Series Statement:
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah v. 67
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Reading the human body
DDC:
296.155
Keywords:
Dead Sea scrolls Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Dead Sea scrolls Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Physiognomy Judaism
;
Jewish astrology
;
Physiognomy Judaism
;
Astrologie
;
Dode-Zeerollen
;
Essenen
;
Fysiognomiek
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /M. Popović -- Introduction /M. Popović -- Chapter One. Reading 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4q186) And 4QPhysiognomy Ar (4q561): Texts, Genre, And Structure /M. Popović -- Chapter Two. To Read Strange Matters From The Human Body: Physiognomics In Babylonian And Greco-Roman Culture And Literature /M. Popović -- Chapter Three. \'In The Foot Of Taurus\': Astrological Notions In 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4q186) /M. Popović -- Chapter Four. \'There Is A Spirit For Him...\': Human Or Zodiacal Spirits In 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4q186) /M. Popović -- Chapter Five. Functions And Contexts Of Physiognomic And Astrological Learning In The Dead Sea Scrolls And Second Temple Period Judaism /M. Popović -- Appendix I. Notes And Comments On Readings In 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4q186) And 4QPhysiognomy Ar (4q561) /M. Popović -- Appendix II. Physiognomic Consciousness In The Dead Sea Scrolls And Second Temple Period Literature /M. Popović -- Figure 1: 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4q186) Fragments 2, 4 – 7 /M. Popović -- Plate I: Recent Photograph (B-45417) Of Iaa #109 /M. Popović -- Bibliography /M. Popović -- Index Of Modern Authors /M. Popović -- Index Of Ancient Sources /M. Popović.
Abstract:
This study deals with physiognomic and astrological texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls that represent one of the earliest examples of ancient Jewish science. For the first time the Hebrew physiognomic-astrological list 4Q186 (4QZodiacal Physiognomy) and the Aramaic physiognomic list 4Q561 (4QPhysiognomy ar) are comprehensively studied in relation to both physiognomic and astrological writings from Babylonian and Greco-Roman traditions. New reconstructions and interpretations of these learned lists are offered that result in a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within both the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism at large, showing that Jewish culture in Palestine participated in the cultural exchange of learned knowledge between Babylonian and Greco-Roman cultures
Note:
Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Groningen, 2006. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-319) and indexes. - Text is in English with some Hebrew and Aramaic
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004157170.i-346
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