| Reading the Human Body: Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism Contributor(s): Popovic, Mladen (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004157174 ISBN-13: 9789004157170 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $173.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Offering new reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within both the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 296.155 |
| Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.6" W x 9.7" (1.80 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |