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Summary:

Conceptions of "the self" have received significant recent attention in philosophy, anthropology, and cultural history. Scholars argue that the introspective self of the modern West is a distinctive phenomenon that cannot be projected back onto the cultures of antiquity. While acknowledging such difference is vital, it can lead to an inaccurate flattening of the ancient self. 00In this study, Carol A. Newsom explores the assumptions that govern ancient Israelite views of the self and its moral agency before the fall of Judah, as well as striking developments during the Second Temple period. She demonstrates how the collective trauma of the destruction of the Temple catalyzed changes in the experience of the self in Israelite literature, including first-person-singular prayers, notions of self-alienation, and emerging understandings of a defective heart and will. Examining novel forms of spirituality as well as sectarian texts, Newsom chronicles the evolving inward gaze in ancient Israelite literature, unveiling how introspection in Second Temple Judaism both parallels and differs from forms of introspective selfhood in Greco-Roman cultures.

Table of Contents:

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. The Self in Israelite Culture: A Preliminary Overview
• 2. Agency in Biblical Narrative
• 3. Moral Agency in Israelite Perspective: Three Case Studies
• 4. Sin-Consciousness, Self-Alienation, and the Construction of Interiority
• 5. Rational Agency and the Birth of the Human: Genesis 2-3 and Its Early Interpretation
• 6. The Hodayot of the Maskil and the Subjectivity of the Masochistic Sublime
• Conclusion
• List of Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Subject Index
• A
• B

• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• Z
• Ancient Source Index
• Hebrew Bible
• New Testament
• Deuterocanonical Literature
• Pseudepigrapha
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Rabbinic Literature
• Ancient Near Eastern Literature
• Hebrew Key Word Index

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Author/Creator:

Newsom, Carol A.

Contributors:

Collins, John

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Spirit Within Me: Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism [by Newsom, C.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: The Spirit Within Me [by Newsom, C.A.] (New Haven : Yale University Press,c2021 — ISBN 9780300208689)

Related Series:

The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

Subjects:

Self — Religious aspects — Judaism

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

BM175.A1 N49 2021eb

ISBNs:

9780300262964 (electronic book)
0300262965 (electronic book)

OCLC Numbers:

1267763518

Other Control Numbers:

3031040 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp17420950