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Judaic Technologies of the Word [electronic resource] : A Cognitive Analysis of Jewish Cultural Formation / Gabriel Levy.

By: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781317543459
  • 1317543459
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Judaic Technologies of the Word : A Cognitive Analysis of Jewish Cultural FormationDDC classification:
  • 296.01/9 296.019
LOC classification:
  • BM157 .L48 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
What is cognition? -- Control -- Networks -- Rationality -- Names -- Hypertext -- Environment.
Summary: Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, brains, hearts, and minds of individual people. More than this, Judaic bodies and texts, both oral and written, connect and feed back on one another. Judaic Technologies of the Word examines how technologies of literacy interact with bodies and minds over time. The emergence of literacy is now understood to be a decisive factor in religious history, and is central to the transformations ...
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What is cognition? -- Control -- Networks -- Rationality -- Names -- Hypertext -- Environment.

Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, brains, hearts, and minds of individual people. More than this, Judaic bodies and texts, both oral and written, connect and feed back on one another. Judaic Technologies of the Word examines how technologies of literacy interact with bodies and minds over time. The emergence of literacy is now understood to be a decisive factor in religious history, and is central to the transformations ...

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