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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Judith Newman (Emmanuel College of Victoria University and University of Toronto)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780190212216ISBN 10: 0190212217 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 17 September 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this highly original book, Judith Newman casts new light on the formation of Scripture, by avoiding a teleological narrative, and focusing instead on the ways in which scriptural texts were used in prayer, to form the identities of individuals and of communities. This is an important contribution to our understanding of both Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. * John J. Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament, Yale University * This immensely learned and creative volume presents the much discussed story of the emergence of the Hebrew Bible in an entirely new light. Its sophisticated exploration of the role of prayer both as embodied performance and as a catalyst in the creation of scripture and identity fundamentally changes the way we approach the significance of ancient Jewish prayer. A thoughtful and innovative gem of a book. * Charlotte Hempel, University of Birmingham * Judith Newman's Before the Bible breaks new and important ground in our recognition and appreciation of the dynamically fluid interfaces between scriptural formation and interpretation, prayer, and their performative enactments by both the social and private body. Her engagement with both ancient texts and modern theorists continually encourages us to rethink the very categories into which we all-too-commonly squeeze these ancient recitations. Her insights are no less illuminating for the after-history of the Bible's continuing reception to our day. * Steven Fraade, author of From Tradition to Commentary: Torah and Its Interpretation in the Midrash Sifre to Deuteronomy * Author InformationJudith Newman is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism in the Department for the Study of Religion and Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto. Trained at Yale Divinity School (MAR) and Harvard (PhD), her current research interests are in the ritual performance of texts particularly as this intersects with the formation of communities in early Judaism and Christianity. Emerging projects include a commentary on the book of Judith and its reception through the ages; and a study that reconceives early Jewish temporalities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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