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Aroma of Righteousness:

Scent and Seduction in Rabbinic Life and Literature
  • ISBN-13: 9780271037677
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Deborah A. Green
  • Price: AUD $169.00
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  • Local release date: 14/05/2011
  • Format: Hardback 304 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Judaism [HRJ]
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Studies aroma in Jewish life and literature in Palestine in the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. Uses the history and material culture of perfume and incense as a lens to view daily activities.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Style

1. Tracking the Trail of Scent: An Introduction

2 . The Aroma of Daily Life: Aromatics in Roman and Rabbinic Culture

3. Election and the Erotic: Biblical Portrayals of Perfume and Incense

4 . Spicy Ideologies: Fragrance and Rabbinic Beliefs

5. Soothing Odors: Death, Suffering, and Sacrifice

6. Ephemerality and Fragrance: Desire for Divine Immanence

Notes

Bibliography

Index


“Green’s book shows us how the rabbinic authors of the midrashim she discusses, as well as texts of the Bible itself, used aromas in their imagery to think with, and not (merely) because they smell nice.”

—Yehudah Cohn, Ancient Traditions, New Conversations: The Blog of the Center for Jewish Law

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