Surviving Sacrilege

Klappentext storytelling! fantasy! imitation! metaphor! and magic allows a culture's survival instinct to maneuver within! beyond! and even against the limits of reality. Zusammenfassung Weitzman explores the tactics cultures use to sustain themselves in the face of intractable realities. This book focuses on a resilient culture caught between two disruptive acts of sacrilege: ancient Judaism between the destruction of the First Temple (by the Babylonians) and the destruction of the Second Temple (by the Romans).

Autorentext
Steven Weitzman is Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University.

Klappentext
storytelling, fantasy, imitation, metaphor, and magic allows a culture's survival instinct to maneuver within, beyond, and even against the limits of reality.


Zusammenfassung
Weitzman explores the tactics cultures use to sustain themselves in the face of intractable realities. This book focuses on a resilient culture caught between two disruptive acts of sacrilege: ancient Judaism between the destruction of the First Temple (by the Babylonians) and the destruction of the Second Temple (by the Romans).

Inhalt
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. After Babel 2. Maccabean Maneuvers 3. Friends in High Places 4. Optical Elusions 5. Flights of Fancy 6. Conjuring Power 7. Playing Dead 8. The Art of Cultural Persistence Abbreviations Notes Index

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