001479573 000__ 04546nam\a22008655i\4500 001479573 001__ 1479573 001479573 003__ DE-B1597 001479573 005__ 20231026035100.0 001479573 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479573 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479573 008__ 230918t20122012nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479573 010__ $$a2011043493 001479573 020__ $$a9780814723784 001479573 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814740934.001.0001$$2doi 001479573 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547722 001479573 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479573 0410_ $$aeng 001479573 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479573 05000 $$aBM530$$b.S88 2012 001479573 050_4 $$aBM530$$b.S88 2016 001479573 072_7 $$aHIS022000$$2bisacsh 001479573 08204 $$a296.3$$223 001479573 1001_ $$aSwartz, Michael D., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479573 24514 $$aThe Signifying Creator :$$bNontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism /$$cMichael D. Swartz. 001479573 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2012] 001479573 264_4 $$c©2012 001479573 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479573 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479573 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479573 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479573 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479573 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tPreface -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$t1. Introduction -- $$t2. Myths of Creation -- $$t3. The Semiotics of the Priestly Vestments -- $$t4. Divination and Its Discontents -- $$t5. Bubbling Blood and Rolling Bones -- $$t6. Conclusions -- $$tNotes -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479573 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479573 520__ $$aFor centuries, Jews have been known as the "people of the book." It is commonly thought that Judaism in the first several centuries CE found meaning exclusively in textual sources. But there is another approach to meaning to be found in ancient Judaism, one that sees it in the natural world and derives it from visual clues rather than textual ones. According to this conception, God embedded hidden signs in the world that could be read by human beings and interpreted according to complex systems.In exploring the diverse functions of signs outside of the realm of the written word, Swartz introduces unfamiliar sources and motifs from the formative age of Judaism, including magical and divination texts and new interpretations of legends and midrashim from classical rabbinic literature. He shows us how ancient Jews perceived these signs and read them, elaborating on their use of divination, symbolic interpretation of physical features and dress, and interpretations of historical events. As we learn how these ancient people read the world, we begin to see how ancient people found meaning in unexpected ways. 001479573 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479573 546__ $$aIn English. 001479573 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001479573 650_0 $$aJewish art and symbolism. 001479573 650_0 $$aJewish legends. 001479573 650_0 $$aJewish mythology. 001479573 650_0 $$aJudaism$$xHistory$$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. 001479573 650_0 $$aSemiotics$$xReligious aspects$$xJudaism. 001479573 650_0 $$aSymbolism in rabbinical literature. 001479573 650_4 $$aHISTORY / Jewish$$2sh. 001479573 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001479573 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001479573 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814740934 001479573 852__ $$bebk 001479573 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814723784$$zOnline Access 001479573 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1479573$$pGLOBAL_SET 001479573 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_CL_HICS 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_HICS 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001479573 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001479573 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001479573 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001479573 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001479573 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001479573 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001479573 980__ $$aBIB 001479573 980__ $$aEBOOK 001479573 982__ $$aEbook 001479573 983__ $$aOnline