{"product_id":"the-memory-of-the-temple-and-the-making-of-the-rabbis-9780812244571","title":"The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaftali S. Cohn provides an innovative understanding of the rabbinic authors of the Mishnah and their intense focus on the Temple. He contends that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis, arguing for their own importance within the complex social landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"MT - University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577539465559,"sku":"9780812244571","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812244571.jpg?v=1746095742","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-memory-of-the-temple-and-the-making-of-the-rabbis-9780812244571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}