Image from Google Jackets

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

By: Publication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages :) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780271066233
  • 0271066237
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aroma of righteousness.DDC classification:
  • 296.1/208152166 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.O36 G74 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Print version record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.