Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity /

Time and space can take on a sacred nature in both Judaism and Christianity accompanied by a permanent critical attitude towards the sacred. Conceptions of sacredness imply a conception of community and of society at large. This study investigates the different attitudes toward sacred time and space...

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Other Authors: Houtman, Alberdina., Poorthuis, Marcel, 1955-, Schwartz, Joshua.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1998.

Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; 1.
Jewish and Christian Perspectives Online, ISBN: 9789004427556.

Subjects:

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)

Jewish shrines > Palestine.

Christian shrines > Palestine.

Sacred space.