Constructions of Space III (eBook, PDF)

Biblical Spatiality and the Sacred
Redaktion: Økland, Jorunn; Wenell, Karen J.; de Vos, J. Cornelis

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567061973
• Artikelnr.: 48422535

Autorenporträt

Jorunn Okland is Professor of Gender Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway. J. Cornelis de Vos is lecturer in New Testament and Judaism at the University of Münster, Germany. He has published on land in the Bible and Early Judaism. Karen J. Wenell is Lecturer in New Testament and Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

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 the University of Vienna
Austria Chapter 9: The Kingdom of God as 'Space in Motion' Towards a More Architectural Approach
Karen Wenell
University of Birmingham
UK Chapter 10: Lukan Narrative Spatiality in Transition: A Reading of Acts 11.19-12.25 for Its Spaces
Matthew Sleeman
Oak Hill Theological College
UK Chapter 11: Hebrews 3.7-4.11 and the Function of Mental Time-Space Landscapes
J. Cornelis de Vos
University of Münster
Germany Chapter 12: Carnelian and Caryatids: Sacred Space in the Apocalypse of John
Jorunn Okland
Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo
Norway Part III: Outlook Chapter 13: The Space of Liturgical Being
David Jasper
University of Glasgow
UK Index of References Index of Authors Index of Subjects