Aroma of Righteousness

Scent and Seduction in Rabbinic Life and Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

AvDeborah A. Green

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In The Aroma of Righteousness, Deborah Green explores images of perfume and incense in late Roman and early Byzantine Jewish literature. Using literary methods to illuminate the rabbinic literature, Green demonstrates the ways in which the rabbis’ reading of biblical texts and their intimate experience with aromatics build and deepen their interpretations. The study uncovers the cultural associations that are evoked by perfume and incense in both the Hebrew Bible and midrashic texts and seeks to understand the cultural, theological, and experiential motivations and impulses that lie behind these interpretations. Green accomplishes this by examining the relationship between the textual traditions of the Hebrew Bible and Midrash, the surviving evidence from the material culture of Palestine in the late Roman and early Byzantine periods, and cultural evidence as described by the rabbis and other Roman authors.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-03-29
Mått152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271037677

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ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Style1.Tracking the Trail of Scent: An Introduction2 .The Aroma of Daily Life: Aromatics in Roman and Rabbinic Culture3. Election and the Erotic: Biblical Portrayals of Perfume and Incense4 .Spicy Ideologies: Fragrance and Rabbinic Beliefs5. Soothing Odors: Death, Suffering, and Sacrifice6. Ephemerality and Fragrance: Desire for Divine ImmanenceNotesBibliographyIndex

“The Aroma of Righteousness makes highly original and important contributions to two subject areas that do not normally meet—rabbinic scriptural interpretation, particularly of the Song of Songs, and the religious employment of physical senses, herein scent—especially by locating both in their broader Jewish and general cultural settings. It is a richly rewarding book to read and savor.”—Steven D. Fraade, Yale University