The aroma of righteousness : scent and seduction in rabbinic life and literature / Deborah A. Green.

• Tracking the trail of scent: an introduction -- The aroma of daily life: aromatics in Roman and rabbinic culture -- Election and the erotic: biblical portrayals of perfume and incense -- Spicy ideologies: fragrance and rabbinic beliefs -- Soothing odors: death, suffering, and sacrifice -- Ephemerality and fragrance: desire for divine immanence.

• "Studies aroma in Jewish life and literature in Palestine in the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. Uses the history and material culture of perfume and incense as a lens to view daily activities"--Provided by publisher. 

Ämnesord

Rabbinsk judendom  (sao)

Odors in the Bible.  (LCSH)

Perfumes  -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. (LCSH)

Rabbinical literature  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Jews  -- Palestine -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)

Judaism  -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. (LCSH)

Lukter  -- religiösa aspekter (sao)

Parfym  -- religiösa aspekter (sao)

Judendom  -- historia (sao)

Rabbinical literature ; Judaism  (LCSH)

Genre

Analys och tolkning  (saogf)

Titel

Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibeln. Gamla Testamentet

Klassifikation

BS1199.O36 (LCC)

296.1/208152166 (DDC)

Cmdb.01 (kssb/8 (machine generated))