Carnal israel: reading sex in talmudic culture
Auteur :
Boyarin, Daniel
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520203365
Date de publication :
30 août 1995
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity.