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Leonard J. (Hrsg.) Greenspoon

olam he-zeh v'olam ha-ba

This World and the World to Come in Jewish Belief and Practice

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Dining on Leviathan. Discoursing with Socrates. Debating the nature of existence in the afterlife. These are among the topics authors address in this wide-ranging account of how Jews have conceptualized the world to come and structured their lives in this world accordingly. Some authorities portrayed the afterlife as an endless round of feasting and drinking of chazerie that would put the fanciest Las Vegas buffets to shame. There were visionaries who mapped out otherworldly climes populated by monstrous creatures. Others, decidedly more staid, saw the world to come as a location where neither food nor wine would be consumed; instead, it woul… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-61249-514-9
  • EAN: 9781612495149
  • Produktnummer: 25316322
  • Verlag: Purdue University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 275 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'006 KB

Über den Autor


Leonard J. Greenspoon holds the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University, where he also is a professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies and of theology. Prior to his tenure at Creighton, Greenspoon was a professor of religion at Clemson University. As well as editing the Studies in Jewish Civilization series, Greenspoon has coedited another four volumes and written four monographs. A prolific author, he has written over two hundred and fifty journal articles, book chapters, and major encyclopedia entries. He has made public and scholarly presentations throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Israel and many European countries. His major research interests center on Bible translations (especially Jewish versions) and religion in popular culture.

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