{"product_id":"the-land-is-mine-9780812253696","title":"The Land Is Mine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter their expulsion from Spain in 1492, Sephardi Jews such as Isaac Abravanel, Abraham Saba, and Isaac Arama wrote biblical commentaries that stressed the significance of land. They interpreted Judaism as a tradition whose best expression and ultimate fulfillment took place away from cities and in rural settings. Iberian-Jewish authors rooted their moral teachings in an ethical treatment of the natural world, elucidating ancient agricultural laws and scrutinizing the physical context and built environments of Bible stories. \u003ci\u003eThe Land Is Mine\u003c\/i\u003e asks what inspired this and suggests that the answer lies not in timeless exegetical or theological trends, but in the material realities of late medieval and early modern Iberia, during a period of drastic changes in land use.\u003cbr\u003eThe book uses a highly traditional source base in a decidedly untraditional way. In Jewish Studies, Andrew D. Berns observes, biblical commentary is typically studied as an intramural activity. Though scholar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Land is Mine\u003c\/i\u003e both challenges typical methodological approaches to medieval Jewish Bible commentaries and introduces a wider body of readers to its medieval Jewish protagonists –Abraham Saba, Isaac Arama and Isaac Abravanel – in elegant translation; a welcome addition across fields.\" * Journal of Jewish Studies *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405747724631,"sku":"9780812253696","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812253696.jpg?v=1730493473","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-land-is-mine-9780812253696","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}