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Losing the Temple and Recovering the Future

An Analysis of 4 Ezra

by Hindy Najman

  • Hardback
  • 203 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14.3 x 21.9 x 2.1 cm

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For scholars and readers of Jewish history and theology

Explores the loss of the Temple and its significance

You will gain a deeper understanding of Jewish resilience

This insightful book examines the profound impact of 4 Ezra on the Jewish community after the Second Temple's destruction.

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This book explores the Jewish community's response to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The focus of attention is 4 Ezra, a text that reboots the past by imaginatively recasting textual and interpretive traditions. Instead of rebuilding the Temple, as Ezra does in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, the Ezra portrayed in 4 Ezra argues with an angel about the mystery of God's plan and re-gives Israel the Torah. Drawing on Walter Benjamin, the imaginative project of 4 Ezra is analyzed in terms of a constellation composed of elements from pre-destruction traditions. Ezra's struggle and his eventual recommitment to Torah are also understood as providing a model for emulation by ancient Jewish readers. 4 Ezra is thus what Stanley Cavell calls a perfectionist work. Its specific mission is to guide the formation of Jewish subjects capable of resuming covenantal life in the wake of a destruction that inflects but never erases revelation.
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  • Author

    Hindy Najman

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    April 2014

  • Weight

    386g

  • Page Count

    203

  • Dimensions

    14.3 x 21.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107006188

  • ISBN-10

    110700618X

  • Eden Code

    4263527

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