Judaic Technologies of the Word: A Cognitive Analysis of Jewish Cultural Formation

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Gabriel Levy

Judaic Technologies of the Word

A Cognitive Analysis of Jewish Cultural Formation

Gabriel Levy

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Equinox Publishing Ltd
01 January 2013

Religion & science; Judaism

Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, brains, hearts, and minds of individual people. More than this, Judaic bodies and texts, both oral and written, connect and feed back on one another. Judaic Technologies of the Word examines how technologies of literacy interact with bodies and minds over time. The emergence of literacy is now understood to be a decisive factor in religious history, and is central to the transformations that took place in the ancient Near East in the first millennium BCE. This study employs insights from the cognitive sciences to pursue a deep history of Judaism, one in which the distinctions between biology and culture begin to disappear.

By: Gabriel Levy
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781908049841
ISBN 10: 1908049847
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 January 2013
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gabriel Levy is Research Fellow in Religion, Cognition, & Culture at Aarhus University and is co-editor of Judaism and Emotion: Texts, Performance, Experience.