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02602aam a2200409 i 4500 001 734F3C6E580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170616t20172017enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017029159 020 $a 1107146267 020 $a 9781107146266 035 $a (OCoLC)986237275 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d ERASA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HUC $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BJ1286.C64 $b M57 2017 082 00 $a 296.3/677 $2 23 100 1 $a Mirguet, Francʹoise, $d 1980- $e author. 245 13 $a An early history of compassion : $b emotion and imagination in Hellenistic Judaism / $c Francʹoise Mirguet. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a viii, 271 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 520 $a "In this book, Francʹoise Mirguet traces the appropriation and reinterpretation of pity by Greek-speaking Jewish communities of late antiquity. Pity - sometimes also understood as compassion - is, in the literature of these communities, a spontaneous and embodied feeling, a virtue to extend to all human beings, or a precept of the Mosaic law. The requirement to feel for those who suffer sustains the identity of the Jewish minority, both creating continuity with its traditions and emulating dominant discourses. Through compassion, Jewish communities shape their complex sense of belonging in the imperial environment. Mirguet's book will be of interest to scholars of early Judaism and Christianity for its sensitivity to the role of feelings and imagination in the shaping of identity. An important contribution to the history of emotions, the book explores how compassion has come to be so highly valued, and sometimes politicized, in Western cultures"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Compassion. 650 0 $a Judaism $x History $y Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. 650 0 $a Jews $x History $y 586 B.C.-70 A.D. 650 0 $a Jewish literature $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Compassion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00871385 650 7 $a Jewish literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00982834 650 7 $a Jews. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983135 650 7 $a Judaism $x Post-exilic period (Judaism) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907049 648 7 $a 586 B.C.-210 A.D. $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217024628.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=734F3C6E580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search