Seeking out the Land describes the study of the Holy Land in the Roman period and examines the complex connections between theology, social agenda and the intellectual pursuit. Holiness as a theological concept determines the intellectual agenda of the elite society of writers seeking to describe the land, as well as their preoccupation with its physical aspects and their actual knowledge about it.
Ze'ev Safrai succeeds in examining all the ancient monotheistic literature, both Jewish and Christian, up to the fourth century CE, and in demonstrating how all the above-mentioned factors coalesce into a single entity. We learn that in both religions, with all their various subgroups, the same social and religious factors were at work, but with differing intensity.
- ISBN10 9004334793
- ISBN13 9789004334793
- Publish Date 19 July 2018 (first published 7 May 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 556
- Language English
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