The aroma of righteousness : scent and seduction in rabbinic life and literature / Deborah A. Green.

Title: 
The aroma of righteousness : scent and seduction in rabbinic life and literature / Deborah A. Green.

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Author/Artist: 
Green, Deborah A.
Publisher: 
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Description: 
xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Odors in the Bible.
Perfumes Religious aspects Judaism.
Rabbinical literature History and criticism.
Jews Palestine Social life and customs.
Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Bib ID: 
130354
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
BS1199.O36G74 2011z
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Studies aroma in Jewish life and literature in Palestine in the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. Uses the history and material culture of perfume and incense as a lens to view daily activities"--Provided by publisher.
Complimentary copy; Deborah Green; 2012; 2000018618
Group of ancient bottles in the CMoG collection: p. 29, fig. 5.
Contents: 
Tracking the trail of scent: an introduction --
The aroma of daily life: aromatics in Roman and rabbinic culture --
Election and the erotic: biblical portrayals of perfume and incense --
Spicy ideologies: fragrance and rabbinic beliefs --
Soothing odors: death, suffering, and sacrifice --
Ephemerality and fragrance: desire for divine immanence.
ISBN: 
9780271037677 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271037679 (cloth : alk. paper)

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Includes CMoG objects: 64.1.27, p. 23 (fig. 1) -- 50.1.14, p. 25 (fig. 2) -- 69.1.16, p. 26 (fig. 3) -- 55.1.69 A-B, p. 27 (fig. 4) -- 52.1.63, p. 35 (fig. 6) -- 54.1.53, p. 44 (fig. 7) -- 53.1.6, p. 45 (fig. 8) -- 54.1.47, p. 54 (fig. 11).