Reading the Human Body: Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

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Offering new reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within both the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism.

Author(s): Mladen Popović
Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 67
Publisher: BRILL
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 366