Allen Lipson
Biographic Data
| ID | 8995866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allen Lipson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allen |
| FAMILY NAME | Lipson |
| SIGNATURE | LIPSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jewish Theological Seminary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Price of Holiness
This paper situates Tannaitic attitudes toward the market for Torah scrolls within the larger historical context of Roman Palestine over the first two centuries CE . After developing a historical picture of how that market may have functioned, it explores the rabbis’ literary treatment of Torah scrolls within the Mishnah and Tosefta. Tannaitic text and context reveal a tension between two modes of thought, the “idealist” and the “pragmatist” view…
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The Price of Holiness
This paper situates Tannaitic attitudes toward the market for Torah scrolls within the larger historical context of Roman Palestine over the first two centuries CE . After developing a historical picture of how that market may have functioned, it explores the rabbis’ literary treatment of Torah scrolls within the Mishnah and Tosefta. Tannaitic text and context reveal a tension between two modes of thought, the “idealist” and the “pragmatist” view…
Ancient Near East History (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biblical studies (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Dead Sea Scrolls (1 work) · Hebrew Bible (1 work) · History (1 work) · Jewish studies (1 work)