An early history of compassion: emotion and imagination in Hellenistic Judaism
In this book, Françoise Mirguet traces the appropriation and reinterpretation of pity by Greek-speaking Jewish communities of Late Antiquity. Pity and compassion, in this corpus, comprised a hybrid of Hebrew, Greek, and Roman constructions; depending on the texts, they were a spontaneous feeling, a...
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| Main Author: |
Mirguet, Françoise 1980-
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| Format: | Electronic/Print
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| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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| Published: |
Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne Daryaganj, Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Françoise Mirguet, An early history of compassion. Emotion and imagination in hellenistic Judaism] (2019) (Glass, R. Gillian)
[Rezension von: Mirguet, Françoise, 1980-, An early history of compassion] (2019) (Spencer, Franklin Scott)
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| Edition: | First published |
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Early Judaism
/ Sympathy
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Early Judaism
/ Literature
/ Compassion
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Early Judaism
/ Sympathy
/ Early Judaism
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| Further subjects: | B
Jewish literature
History and criticism
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Jews
History
586 B.C.-70 A.D
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Jews
History 586 B.C.-70 A.D
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Judaism
History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
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Compassion
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Judaism
History
Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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