The Spirit Within Me: Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism

by Carol A. Newsom

The first full-length study of the evolution of self and agency in ancient Israelite anthropology

Conceptions of "the self" have received significant recent attention in philosophy, anthropology, and cultural history. Scholars argue that the introspective self of the modern West is a distinctive phenomenon that cannot be projected back onto the cultures of antiquity. While acknowledging such difference is vital, it can lead to an inaccurate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300208685
• ISBN13: 9780300208689
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"