{"product_id":"in-the-image-zachary-j-braiterman-9780253076137","title":"In the Image: Virtual Religion and Philosophical Talmud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Image \u003c\/i\u003esets Jewish philosophy and contemporary aesthetics and art in conversation with Talmudic texts.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulling contemporary Jewish thought from the Bible as a model of philosophical reflection, author Zachary J. Braiterman turns to the Babylonian Talmud as a nonrealist model of religious-philosophical discourse steeped in the virtual. This \"philosophical Talmud\" pushes past the conceptual traps of modern Jewish thought. In the Image conceptualizes Jewish philosophy as a nonsymbolic, nonrealist form of theoretical discourse that bends consciousness around unreal, virtual objects and imaginary worlds, simulation and surface appearance of bodies and objects. \u003ci\u003eIn the Image\u003c\/i\u003e explores the human and human viscera, sacred place, anthropomorphism, iconophilia, and cosmopolitanism as elemental forms of religious thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new way of conceptualizing Jewish philosophy and religion, \u003ci\u003eIn the Image\u003c\/i\u003e probes into the aesthetic determination of religious thought and practice to see how the basic reality and \"truth\" of religion are constituted inside the image itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zachary J. Braiterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253076137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253076137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Zachary J. Braiterman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082447528191,"sku":"9780253076137","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-image-zachary-j-braiterman-9780253076137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}