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Zusatztext This fine volume prompts readers to approach the biblical texts creatively by (re)considering the spatial dimensions in religious realities that probably escaped the customary interpretation. Informationen zum Autor Jorunn Økland, professor of Gender Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo (formerly Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield). Author of Women in Their Place: Paul and the Corinthian Discourse of Gender and Sanctuary Space (2004). J. Cornelis de Vos, PhD (2002) in Theology (Old Testament), is lecturer in New Testament and Judaism at the University of Münster. He has published on land in the Bible and Early Judaism. Karen J. Wenell is Associate Professor of New Testament and Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Klappentext Engages space both as focus in the texts under discussion! but also as analytical perspective. This book explores more specifically how the Bible does not contain one! or even several! notions of sacred/holy space! even if there are undoubtedly many spaces described as such. An exploration of how, contrarily, the Bible does not contain a single notion of sacred/holy space, even if there are many spaces described as such. Zusammenfassung Constructions of Space III engages with the great variety of sacred spaces set out and given meaning in the texts of the Hebrew Bible, early Jewish literature and the New Testament. Spatial-critical, as well as anthropological, philosophical and narrative perspectives are interacted with in creative ways and brought to bear on the spaces encountered within the texts. Among the concepts and themes explored are oppositional aspects such as holiness and danger/the profane, fear and hope, utopia and dystopia, and purity and impurity. The social and mythological significance of more 'grounded' places such as Jerusalem and Egypt, temples, burial places and threshing floors is considered alongside more ethereal and symbolic spaces like those of heaven, the last judgement and the kingdom of God. What emerges is a dynamic and lively set of perspectives that illuminates relationships between texts, spaces and communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - the Editors Part I: Hebrew Bible Chapter 1: Holy Men in Space, Stuart Lasine, Wichita State University, USAChapter 2: Egypt as a Space of Fear and a Space of Hope, Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, AustraliaChapter 3: Mythical Space and Mythical Time: Jerusalem as the Site of the Last Judgement, Klaus Bieberstein, Otto-Friedrich-University, GermanyChapter 4: The Threshing Floor as Sacred Space in the Hebrew Bible: A Spatial and Anthroplogical Perspective, Tamara Prosaic, Monash University, AustraliaChapter 5: Taking Issue with Thirdspace: Reading Soja, Lefebvre and the Bible, Chris Meredith, University of Winchester, UK Part II: New Testament and Intertestamental Literature Chapter 7: What Happened to Heaven when the Righteous Finally Arrived? Transformation, Space and Redemption in 2 Baruch 51, Liv Ingeborg Lied, MF Norwegian School of Theology, NorwayChapter 8: Death, Burial, and Sacred Space in the Temple Scroll, Nora David, Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Vienna, AustriaChapter 9: The Kingdom of God as 'Space in Motion' Towards a More Architectural Approach, Karen Wenell, University of Birmingham, UKChapter 10: Lukan Narrative Spatiality in Transition: A Reading of Acts 11.19-12.25 for Its Spaces, Matthew Sleeman, Oak Hill Theological College, UKChapter 11: Hebrews 3.7-4.11 and the Function of Mental Time-Space Landscapes, J. Cornelis de Vos, University of Münster, GermanyChapter 12: Carnelian and Caryatids: Sacred Space in the Apocalypse of John, Jorunn Okland, Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo, NorwayPart III: OutlookChapter 13: The Space of Liturgical Being, David Jasper, ...
