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Clepsydra: Essay on the Plurality of Time in Judaism
Contributor(s): Goldberg, Sylvie Anne (Author), Ivry, Benjamin (Translator)
ISBN: 0804789053     ISBN-13: 9780804789059
Publisher: Stanford University Press
OUR PRICE:   $47.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Jewish - General
- Religion | Judaism - Theology
Dewey: 296.3
LCCN: 2015048592
Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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Publisher Description:
A study of the emergence of unified dating, calculation of elapsed time to establish an era from the creation of the world, this book is a historical challenge to the prejudice saying that Jews dismissed history after the destruction of the Second Temple and the completion of the Talmud.