Embodied Techniques: The Communal Formation of the Maskil’s Self
This article explores the significance of the posture of full prostration by the Maskil that appears uniquely in association with him in the Hodayot. Using theoretical frameworks from ritual studies and embodied cognition, as well as traditional philological work, I argue that the Maskil’s prostrati...
Subtitles: | Religious Experience and the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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Main Author: | |
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Brill
2015
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In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 249-266 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hymns of praise
/ Proskynese
/ Maskil
/ Body
/ Qumran Community
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RelBib Classification: | HD Early Judaism NBE Anthropology RC Liturgy |
Further subjects: | B
Hodayot, Maskil
embodiment
disciplinary practices
prostration
cultural memory
habitus
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Summary: | This article explores the significance of the posture of full prostration by the Maskil that appears uniquely in association with him in the Hodayot. Using theoretical frameworks from ritual studies and embodied cognition, as well as traditional philological work, I argue that the Maskil’s prostration summons the cultural memory of Moses as chief intercessor. This embodied technique serves not only to form the self of the leader in relation to the Yaḥad, but shapes the community that worships with him in the gathered assembly. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341361 |