When Near Becomes Far
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When Near Becomes Far
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Author : Mira Balberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2021
When Near Becomes Far written by Mira Balberg and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Religion categories.
When Near Becomes Far explores the representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE). Through close literary readings and cultural analysis, the book reveals the gaps and tensions between idealized images of old age on the one hand, and the psychologically, physiologically, and socially complicated realities of aging on the other hand. The authors argue that while rabbinic literature presents a number of prescriptions related to qualities and activities that make for good old age, the respect and reverence that the elderly should be awarded, and harmonious intergenerational relationship, it also includes multiple anecdotes and narratives that portray aging in much more nuanced and poignant ways. These anecdotes and narratives relate, alongside fantasies about blissful or unnoticeable aging, a host of fears associated with old age: from the loss of physical capability and beauty to the loss of memory and mental acuity, and from marginalization in the community to being experienced as a burden by one's children. Each chapter of the book focuses on a different aspect of aging in the rabbinic world: bodily appearance and sexuality, family relations, intellectual and cognitive prowess, honor and shame, and social roles and identity. As the book shows, in their powerful and sensitive treatments of aging, rabbinic texts offer some of the richest and most audacious observations on aging in ancient world literature, many of which still resonate today.
When Near Becomes Far
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Author : Mira Balberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2021
When Near Becomes Far written by Mira Balberg and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Aging in rabbinical literature categories.
'When Near Becomes Far' explores representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE). Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of aging in the rabbinic world: bodily appearance and sexuality, family relations, intellectual and cognitive prowess, honor and shame, and social roles and identity.
Fractured Tablets
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Author : Mira Balberg
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023
Fractured Tablets written by Mira Balberg and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Memory categories.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book examines the significant role that memory failures play in early rabbinic literature. The rabbis who shaped Judaism in late antiquity envisioned the commitment to the Torah and to its commandments as governing every single aspect of a person's life. Their vision of a Jewish subject who must keep constant mental track of multiple obligations and teachings led them to be very preoccupied with forgetting: forgetting of tasks, forgetting of facts, forgetting of texts, and--most broadly--forgetting the Torah altogether. In Fractured Tablets, Mira Balberg examines the ways in which the early rabbis approached and delineated the possibility of forgetfulness in practice and study and the solutions and responses they conjured for forgetfulness, along with the ways in which they used human fallibility to bolster their vision of Jewish observance and their own roles as religious experts. In the process, Balberg shows that the rabbis' intense preoccupation with the prospect of forgetfulness was a meaningful ideological choice, with profound implications for our understanding of Judaism in late antiquity.
The Nautical Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
The Nautical Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Naval art and science categories.
Indiana Review
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Indiana Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with American literature categories.
Everything Far Becomes Near
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Author : Ann Conway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-14
Everything Far Becomes Near written by Ann Conway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-14 with Poetry categories.
This is a chapbook of autobiographical poems by Ann Conway, writer and sociologist, that explores with honesty and tenderness a personal history of congenital deafness, Irish Catholicism, and two brothers with schizophrenia. The personal gradually releases into the universal, and the reader is invited to see the world anew, with resilience and loving attention.
The National Quarterly Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
The National Quarterly Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Periodicals categories.
The Call Of The Ganges
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Author : Somadatta Bakhorī
language : en
Publisher: New Delhi : Vikas
Release Date : 1978
The Call Of The Ganges written by Somadatta Bakhorī and has been published by New Delhi : Vikas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Travel categories.
Travel impression of India, 1967 by a Hindi poet of Mauritius.
Founders Of Christian Movements
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Author : Philip Henry Lotz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
Founders Of Christian Movements written by Philip Henry Lotz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Christian biography categories.
Commentary On Isaiah
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Author : Saint Jerome
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Commentary On Isaiah written by Saint Jerome and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Bibles categories.
This is the first translation into any modern language of St. Jerome's Commentary on Isaiah.