Thinking of Water in the Early Second Temple Period

Water is a vital resource and is widely acknowledged as such. Thus it often serves as an ideological and linguistic symbol that stands for and evokes concepts central within a community. This volume explores 'thinking of water' and concepts expressed through references to water within the symbolic system of the late Persian/early Hellenistic period and as it does so it sheds light on the social mindscape of the early Second Temple community.

About the author

Christoph Levin ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind die Literaturgeschichte des Alten Testaments und die Geschichte und Religionsgeschichte des vorexilischen Israel und Juda sowie des Judentums in der Perserzeit.

Report

"[...] bemerkenswerten Sammelband [...]"
Michael Tilly in: Theologische Rundschau 82. Jahrgang (2017), Heft 3, pp. 195ff

Product details

• Assisted by: Ehu Ben Zvi (Editor), Ehud Ben Zvi (Editor), Ehud BenZvi (Editor), Levin (Editor), Levin (Editor), Christoph Levin (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2014
• EAN: 9783110348828
• ISBN: 978-3-11-034882-8
• No. of pages: 485
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 32 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 844 g
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity