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This book is about ways in which the land of Israel, the homeland of the most paradigmatic of all diasporas, was envisioned in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the literature of the sages. It is about the Land according to the redefined Judaism that emerged in the centuries following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. This Judaism replaced the temple cult with Torah study - a study that pertained in part to that very temple cult, that became a portable homeland, and that reconfigured the Land.
Constanza Cordoni received her PhD in Jewish studies (2016) and her venia legendi in Jewish Studies (2021) from the University of Vienna. She is the author of Seder Eliyahu: A Narratological Reading (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018).
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
1 Introduction
â1.1âDiaspora Studies
â1.2âThe Land of Israel: A Place in Late Ancient Texts
â1.3âThe Literature of the Second Temple Period
â1.4âRabbinic Literature: Status Quaestionis
2 The Land of the Fathers Rabbinised
â2.1âThe Patriarchs and the Homeland They Were Given
â2.2âThe Cave of Machpelah: Purchased Property
â2.3âThe Rabbinic Land of the Fathers in the Land of Israel
3 When You Come into the Land: Stories of a Land That Became Holy
â3.1âHistorical Praise of the Landâs Ahistorical Holiness
â3.2âSanctifying the Land in History
4 The LandâA Commandment I: Dwelling in the Land
â4.1âThe Precept in Tannaitic Texts
â4.2âAmoraic and Post-Amoraic Expansions
5 The LandâA Commandment II: Keeping the Land Jewish
â5.1âSelling in Perpetuity
â5.2âOn Not Selling or Letting Real Estate
â5.3âRescuing the Land
6 The Significance of a Burial in the Land
â6.1âThe Tannaitic Basis
â6.2âAmoraic Elaboration: Reception, Reinterment, or Rolling
â6.3âPost-Amoraic Approaches
7 The End of History and the New Land
â7.1âMessianic Footsteps and Battles
â7.2âThe Four Kingdoms
â7.3âThe Kingdom of Ishmaelâs Rule over the Land
â7.4âEnd-Time Perfection
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
1 Introduction
â1.1âDiaspora Studies
â1.2âThe Land of Israel: A Place in Late Ancient Texts
â1.3âThe Literature of the Second Temple Period
â1.4âRabbinic Literature: Status Quaestionis
Part 1 Past
2 The Land of the Fathers Rabbinised
â2.1âThe Patriarchs and the Homeland They Were Given
â2.2âThe Cave of Machpelah: Purchased Property
â2.3âThe Rabbinic Land of the Fathers in the Land of Israel
3 When You Come into the Land: Stories of a Land That Became Holy
â3.1âHistorical Praise of the Landâs Ahistorical Holiness
â3.2âSanctifying the Land in History
Part 2 Present
4 The LandâA Commandment I: Dwelling in the Land
â4.1âThe Precept in Tannaitic Texts
â4.2âAmoraic and Post-Amoraic Expansions
5 The LandâA Commandment II: Keeping the Land Jewish
â5.1âSelling in Perpetuity
â5.2âOn Not Selling or Letting Real Estate
â5.3âRescuing the Land
Part 3 Future
6 The Significance of a Burial in the Land
â6.1âThe Tannaitic Basis
â6.2âAmoraic Elaboration: Reception, Reinterment, or Rolling
â6.3âPost-Amoraic Approaches
7 The End of History and the New Land
â7.1âMessianic Footsteps and Battles
â7.2âThe Four Kingdoms
â7.3âThe Kingdom of Ishmaelâs Rule over the Land
â7.4âEnd-Time Perfection
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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