Rabbinic Tales of Destruction

Rabbinic Tales of Destruction
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780190600471
ISBN-13 : 0190600470
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Book Synopsis Rabbinic Tales of Destruction by : Julia Watts Belser

Download or read book Rabbinic Tales of Destruction written by Julia Watts Belser and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing early Jewish accounts of the destruction of the Second Temple, Julia Watts Belser illuminates the brutal body costs of Roman conquest. Drawing on disability studies, feminist theory, and new materialist ecological thought, Belser reveals how rabbinic discourses of gender, sexuality, and the body are shaped in the shadow of empire.


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