By Sylvie Anne Goldberg,Benjamin Ivry
Consequently, Clepsydra is a cultural heritage divided in components: narrated time and measured time, mentioned time and counted time, absolute time and ordered time. it really is via this conversation that Sylvie Anne Goldberg demanding situations the assumption of a unified Judeo-Christian time and asks, "What is Jewish time?" She consults biblical and rabbinic resources and refers to medieval and sleek texts to appreciate the differing kinds of attention of time present in Judaism. In Jewish time, Goldberg argues, earlier, current, and destiny are intertwined and include one perpetual narrative.
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Clepsydra: Essay on the Plurality of Time in Judaism (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) by Sylvie Anne Goldberg,Benjamin Ivry