Aaron Tugendhaft
Biographic Data
| ID | 2930770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron Tugendhaft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | Tugendhaft |
| SIGNATURE | TUGENDHAFT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York UniversityGallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, 1 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Idols of Isis: From Assyria to the Internet
Gods on clay: Ancient Near Eastern scholarly practices and the history of religions
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Canonical Texts and Scholarly Practices: A Global Comparative Approach
In this collection of richly documented case studies, experts in many textual traditions examine the ways in which important texts were preserved, explicated, corrected, and used for a variety of purposes. The authors describe the multiple ways in which scholars in different cultures have addressed some of the same tasks, revealing both radical differences and striking similarities in textual practices across space, time and linguistic borders. T…
Politics and Time in the Baal Cycle
This essay considers the Ugaritic Baal Cycle in light of Mircea Eliade’s ideas about history and primordial archetypes. Unlike the Babylonian poem Enuma elish with which it is so often compared, the Baal Cycle does not depict a primordial combat and so does not root the political rule of today in the overcoming of a prior chaos. The Ugaritic poem adopts an attitude towards politics that is at odds with the one taken by the Babylonian creation nar…
Images and the Political: On Jan Assmann’s Concept of Idolatry
This essay explores the political implications and historical basis of noted Egyptologist Jan Assmann’s assertion—based on a distinction made canonical by Carl Schmitt—that the Biblical prohibition of images polarizes the world into friend and enemy. The focus is on two aspects of Assmann’s position: his claims regarding how the Bible represents Egypt and how he reads the first two commandments of the Decalogue. The essay concludes that Assmann r…
Unsettling Sovereignty: Politics and Poetics in the Baal Cycle
Politics and Time in the Baal Cycle
This essay considers the Ugaritic Baal Cycle in light of Mircea Eliade’s ideas about history and primordial archetypes. Unlike the Babylonian poem Enuma elish with which it is so often compared, the Baal Cycle does not depict a primordial combat and so does not root the political rule of today in the overcoming of a prior chaos. The Ugaritic poem adopts an attitude towards politics that is at odds with the one taken by the Babylonian creation nar…
Unsettling Sovereignty: Politics and Poetics in the Baal Cycle
Politics and Time in the Baal Cycle
This essay considers the Ugaritic Baal Cycle in light of Mircea Eliade’s ideas about history and primordial archetypes. Unlike the Babylonian poem Enuma elish with which it is so often compared, the Baal Cycle does not depict a primordial combat and so does not root the political rule of today in the overcoming of a prior chaos. The Ugaritic poem adopts an attitude towards politics that is at odds with the one taken by the Babylonian creation nar…
Images and the Political: On Jan Assmann’s Concept of Idolatry
This essay explores the political implications and historical basis of noted Egyptologist Jan Assmann’s assertion—based on a distinction made canonical by Carl Schmitt—that the Biblical prohibition of images polarizes the world into friend and enemy. The focus is on two aspects of Assmann’s position: his claims regarding how the Bible represents Egypt and how he reads the first two commandments of the Decalogue. The essay concludes that Assmann r…
Unsettling Sovereignty: Politics and Poetics in the Baal Cycle
Gods on clay: Ancient Near Eastern scholarly practices and the history of religions
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Canonical Texts and Scholarly Practices: A Global Comparative Approach
In this collection of richly documented case studies, experts in many textual traditions examine the ways in which important texts were preserved, explicated, corrected, and used for a variety of purposes. The authors describe the multiple ways in which scholars in different cultures have addressed some of the same tasks, revealing both radical differences and striking similarities in textual practices across space, time and linguistic borders. T…
The Idols of Isis: From Assyria to the Internet
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