The Nations That Know Thee Not: Ancient Jewish Attitudes Toward Other Religions - Couverture rigide

Goldenberg, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0814731074 ISBN 13 : 9780814731079

Editeur : New York University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Bible is harshly opposed to participation by Israelites in the worship of other nations' gods. Was this strict command to the nation of Israel not to worship other deities extended to other nations? Or was it legitimate and acceptable for other nations to worship their own gods just as Israel worshipped the God of the Covenant?
In The Nations That Know Thee Not, Robert Goldenberg takes a historical look at attitudes towards foreign religions that are found in Israel's scriptures and in post-Biblical Judaism, and he traces an ambivalent attitude toward foreign religions as it developed through the history of Judaism. How did Jewish outlooks on gentile religions vary so much over time? As Jewish acceptance of paganism grew under rabbinic leadership, did Christianity become heir to other, harsher biblical attitudes toward other religions?
Systematically covering the entire range of Jewish literature of antiquity from the Bible through the rabbinic canons, Goldenberg sheds light on the ways in which ancient Jews understood the religious worlds in which they lived.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Goldenberg is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814731074
• ISBN 13: 9780814731079
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
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