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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 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.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, USA Chapter 2: Egypt as a Space of Fear and a Space of Hope, Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia Chapter 3: Mythical Space and Mythical Time: Jerusalem as the Site of the Last Judgement, Klaus Bieberstein, Otto-Friedrich-University, Germany Chapter 4: The Threshing Floor as Sacred Space in the Hebrew Bible: A Spatial and Anthroplogical Perspective, Tamara Prosaic, Monash University, Australia Chapter 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, Norway Chapter 8: Death, Burial, and Sacred Space in the Temple Scroll, Nora David, Institute for Jewish Studies at t...
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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.
