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The Sense of Sight in Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Ways of Seeing in Late Antiquity - Greek Culture in the Roman World Neis, Rachel (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
The Sense of Sight in Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Ways of Seeing in Late Antiquity - Greek Culture in the Roman World
Neis, Rachel (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Vision was a powerful sense in the ancient world. How did the rabbis living in Roman Palestine and Persian Mesopotamia understand and seek to discipline and cultivate it? This book offers a new perspective on the significance of sight for the rabbis, of interest to a wide range of scholars.
328 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 29, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107032514 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 235 × 23 mm · 620 g |
| Language | English |