Rabbinic body language : non-verbal communication in Palestinian rabbinic literature of late antiquity /

Rabbinic body language : non-verbal communication in Palestinian rabbinic literature of late antiquity /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hezser, Catherine, 1960- author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] ©2017
Description:	300 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Supplements to the journal for the study of Judaism ; volume 179 Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 179.
Subject:	Nonverbal communication in rabbinical literature. Nonverbal communication in rabbinical literature.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11039863

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9789004339057 9004339051
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and indexes.
Summary:	This study constitutes the first comprehensive examination of rabbinic body language represented in Palestinian rabbinic sources of late antiquity. Catherine Hezser examines rabbis' appearance and demeanor, spatial movement, gestures, and facial expressions on the basis of literary and social-anthropological methods and theories. She discusses the various forms of rabbis' non-verbal communication in the context of Graeco-Roman and ancient Christian literary sources and in connection with the material culture of Roman and early Byzantine Palestine. Catherine Hezser convincingly shows that in rabbinic literature body language serves as an important means of rabbis' self-fashioning. Rabbinic texts create the image of a particularly Jewish type of intellectual who functioned and competed for adherents within the highly visual and body-conscious environment of late antiquity.
Other form:	Online version: Hezser, Catherine, 1960- Rabbinic body language. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004339064

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Appearance and Demeanor
2. Posture and Spatial Behavior
3. Gestures
4. Facial Expressions
5. Conclusions: Body Language in Rabbinic Literature
Bibliography
Index of Sources
Index of Subjects