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Jerusalem and Other Holy Places as Foci of Multireligious and Ideological Confrontation demonstrates the variety in the study of holy places, as well as the flexibility of geographic and historical aspects of holiness.
About the author
Pieter B. Hartog, Ph.D. (2015), KU Leuven, teaches ancient Judaism and New Testament at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen. He is author of
Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison between Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period (Brill, 2017) and co-editor of
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities: Method, Theory, Meaning (Brill, 2018).
Shulamit Laderman, Ph.D. (2000), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a lecturer in Jewish and General Art at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. She has published extensively on Jewish and Christian mutual influences on visual illustration of the Bible.
Vered Tohar, Ph.D. (2005), Bar-Ilan University, is senior lecturer in the Department of the Literature of the Jewish People at Bar-Ilan University. She is the author of
Abraham in the Furnace: A Rebel in a Pagan World (Bar-Ilan University Press, 2010);
The Book of Tales, Sermons and Legends (Ferrara 1554): An Anthology of Hebrew Stories from the Print Era (Hakibbutz HaMeuchad, 2016). She is a co-editor of
Tell me About It: Aspects in Narrative Analysis (Ben-Gurion University Press, 2010); Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception (Brill, 2016).
Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, Ph.D. (1993), KU Nijmegen, is professor of Old Testament at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology. He has published especially on prophetic literature and biblical theology. He is the co-editor of
'Enlarge the Site of Your Tent' The City as Unifying Theme in Isaiah: The Isaiah Workshop: De Jesaja Werkplaats (Brill, 2011) and of
The Apostles' Creed: 'He Descended Into Hell' (Brill, 2018).
