The Price of Holiness
Torah Scrolls in the Tannaitic Marketplace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19525947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen Lipson (Jewish Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-74 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Rabbinic Judaism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1568-4857 • E-ISSN: 1570-0704 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700704-12341363 |
| OpenAlex | W3017143914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
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” viewpoints. On one hand, the Torah scroll stands sui generis, wholly separate from mundane considerations of economic profit. On the other, the rabbis reluctantly conceded to the reality of the market, however much they may have wished to ignore it
Archaeology · Art · Biblical studies · Dead Sea Scrolls · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Literature · Theology · Torah · Viewpoints · Visual arts · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |