Ari Mermelstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ari Mermelstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ari |
| FAMILY NAME | Mermelstein |
| SIGNATURE | MERMELSTEIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University New York, NY USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3572-9518 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Torah, Temple, Land
Cosmos and Creation
Michael W. Duggan, Renate Egger-Wenzel, and Stefan C. Reif, eds., Cosmos and Creation: Second Temple Perspectives. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook 2019 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020). Pp. 439. €99,95 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-3-11-067696-9.This volume, the proceedings of the 2017 biennial meeting of the International Society for Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature at St. John’s College, Cambridge, consists of eighteen papers devoted…
What Did It Feel Like to Be a Jew? The Kosher Food Laws and Emotional Norms among Ancient Jews
Jewish observance of a set of legal practices constituted the most obvious distinction between Jew and gentile in antiquity. Yet Jewish ritual practice did not only affect the ways in which Jews acted but also how they felt about their Jewishness and their connection to the wider culture. Law and emotion play mutually reinforcing roles in both shaping and reflecting a society’s values, an observation that invites the following questions: how did …
Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism
Theory and Practice in Essene Law, written by Aryeh Amihay
Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions
Emotion, Gender, and Greco-Roman Virtue in Joseph and Aseneth
Anger, courage, and philanthropia —three important elements of Greco-Roman civic life—figure prominently in the book of Joseph and Aseneth and help us uncover the book’s message. One view within Greco-Roman culture valorized manly anger—at least where appropriate—and manly courage, but, according to Joseph and Aseneth, Jews instead privileged the emotion of pity and the related virtue of philanthropia . The author strategically developed his plot…
Constructing Fear and Pride in the Book of Daniel
This paper examines the seminal role that emotions, particularly fear and pride, play in the book of Daniel. Drawing upon the idea of “emotional communities,” I view the book’s final redactor as engaged with the views of one such community during the period of the Antiochan persecutions. The redactor’s emotional community responded to the persecutions with fear, an emotion that he simultaneously validated and challenged. The emotions of pride and…
Emotion, Gender, and Greco-Roman Virtue in Joseph and Aseneth
Anger, courage, and philanthropia —three important elements of Greco-Roman civic life—figure prominently in the book of Joseph and Aseneth and help us uncover the book’s message. One view within Greco-Roman culture valorized manly anger—at least where appropriate—and manly courage, but, according to Joseph and Aseneth, Jews instead privileged the emotion of pity and the related virtue of philanthropia . The author strategically developed his plot…
Constructing Fear and Pride in the Book of Daniel
This paper examines the seminal role that emotions, particularly fear and pride, play in the book of Daniel. Drawing upon the idea of “emotional communities,” I view the book’s final redactor as engaged with the views of one such community during the period of the Antiochan persecutions. The redactor’s emotional community responded to the persecutions with fear, an emotion that he simultaneously validated and challenged. The emotions of pride and…
Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions
Emotion, Gender, and Greco-Roman Virtue in Joseph and Aseneth
Anger, courage, and philanthropia —three important elements of Greco-Roman civic life—figure prominently in the book of Joseph and Aseneth and help us uncover the book’s message. One view within Greco-Roman culture valorized manly anger—at least where appropriate—and manly courage, but, according to Joseph and Aseneth, Jews instead privileged the emotion of pity and the related virtue of philanthropia . The author strategically developed his plot…
Theory and Practice in Essene Law, written by Aryeh Amihay
Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism
Cosmos and Creation
Michael W. Duggan, Renate Egger-Wenzel, and Stefan C. Reif, eds., Cosmos and Creation: Second Temple Perspectives. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook 2019 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020). Pp. 439. €99,95 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-3-11-067696-9.This volume, the proceedings of the 2017 biennial meeting of the International Society for Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature at St. John’s College, Cambridge, consists of eighteen papers devoted…
What Did It Feel Like to Be a Jew? The Kosher Food Laws and Emotional Norms among Ancient Jews
Jewish observance of a set of legal practices constituted the most obvious distinction between Jew and gentile in antiquity. Yet Jewish ritual practice did not only affect the ways in which Jews acted but also how they felt about their Jewishness and their connection to the wider culture. Law and emotion play mutually reinforcing roles in both shaping and reflecting a society’s values, an observation that invites the following questions: how did …
Torah, Temple, Land
Philosophy (8 works) · Jewish studies (7 works) · Judaism (7 works) · Theology (7 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (6 works) · History (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works)