{"product_id":"the-memory-of-the-temple-and-the-making-of-the-rabbis-hardback-9780812244571","title":"The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis (Hardback) 9780812244571","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNaftali S. Cohn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812244571\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 5 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.552 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A learned, nuanced, and well-written study of an important theme in a foundational text of rabbinic Judaism. Cohn shows that we must look outside rabbinic literature if we are to place the Mishnah in a meaningful context. Well done.\" (Shaye J. D. Cohen, Harvard University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the rabbis composed the Mishnah in the late second or early third century C.E., the Jerusalem Temple had been destroyed for more then a century. Why, then, do the Temple and its ritual feature so prominently in the Mishnah? Against the view that the rabbis were reacting directly to the destruction and asserting that nothing had changed, Naftali S. Cohn argues that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis in their own time. They described the Temple and its ritual in a unique way that helped to establish their authority within the context of Roman dominance.\u003cbr\u003e At the time the Mishnah was created, the rabbis were not the only ones talking extensively about the Temple: other Judaeans (including followers of Jesus), Christians, and even Roman emperors produced texts and other cultural artifacts centered on the Jerusalem Temple. Looking back at the procedures of Temple ritual, the rabbis created in the Mishnah a past and a Temple in their own image, which lent legitimacy to their claim to be the only authentic purveyors of Jewish tradition and the traditional Jewish way of life. Seizing on the Temple, they sought to establish and consolidate their own position of importance within the complex social and religious landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Usage\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Narration of Temple Ritual as Rabbinic Memory in the Late Second or Early Third Century\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Rabbis as Jurists of Judaean Ritual Law and Competing Claims for Authority\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Temple, the Great Court, and the Rabbinic Invention of the Past\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Narrative Form and Rabbinic Authority\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Constructing Sacred Space\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Mishnah in the Context of a Wider Judaean, Christian, and Roman Temple Discourse\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: The Mishnah's Temple Ritual Narratives and Court-Centered Ritual Narratives\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Mishnaic Narratives in Which a Rabbi or Rabbis Issue an Opinion with Respect to a Case\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555711742232,"sku":"9780812244571","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-memory-of-the-temple-and-the-making-of-the-rabbis-hardback-9780812244571","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}