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Auteur(s) : Newsom, Carol Ann (1950-....)
Titre(s) : The spirit within me [Texte imprimé] : self and agency in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism / Carol A. Newsom
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) ; London : Yale University Press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii-277 pages) ; 25 cm
Collection : The Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Lien à la collection : Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 231-249. Index
Conceptions of "the self" have received significant recent attention in philosophy,
anthropology, and cultural history. Scholars argue that the introspective self of
the modern West is a distinctive phenomenon that cannot be projected back onto the
cultures of antiquity. While acknowledging such difference is vital, it can lead to
an inaccurate flattening of the ancient self. In this study, Carol A. Newsom explores
the assumptions that govern ancient Israelite views of the self and its moral agency
before the fall of Judah, as well as striking developments during the Second Temple
period. She demonstrates how the collective trauma of the destruction of the Temple
catalyzed changes in the experience of the self in Israelite literature, including
first-person-singular prayers, notions of self-alienation, and emerging understandings
of a defective heart and will. Examining novel forms of spirituality as well as sectarian
texts, Newsom chronicles the evolving inward gaze in ancient Israelite literature,
unveiling how introspection in Second Temple Judaism both parallels and differs from
forms of introspective selfhood in Greco-Roman cultures
Sujet(s) : Judaïsme -- 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Soi -- Religion -- Judaïsme -- Antiquité
Introspection -- Religion -- Judaïsme -- Antiquité
Spiritualité -- Judaïsme -- Antiquité
Indice(s) Dewey :
296.7 (23e éd.) = Expérience, vie, pratique religieuses (judaïsme)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300208689 (rel.). - ISBN 0300208685
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47223642h
Notice n° :
FRBNF47223642
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Table des matières : The self in Israelite culture: a preliminary overview ; Agency in biblical narrative
; Moral agency in Israelite perspective: three case studies ; Sin-consciousness,
self-alienation, and the construction of interiority ; Rational agency and the birth
of the human: Genesis 2-3 and its early interpretation ; The Hodayot of the Maskil
and the subjectivity of the masochistic sublime.
