The city in the Hebrew Bible: critical, literary and exegetical approaches
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Section A: Setting the Scene -- Introduction: A City Perspective -- Reflections on the Meaning((s) of ???? in the Hebrew Bible -- The Biblical Metropolis -- Section B: Perspectives from Cultural Geography...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Section A: Setting the Scene -- Introduction: A City Perspective -- Reflections on the Meaning((s) of ???? in the Hebrew Bible -- The Biblical Metropolis -- Section B: Perspectives from Cultural Geography and Spatial Theory -- Mapping Narrative Complexity: Textual Geography, Literary Studies and the City in the Hebrew Bible -- 'A Land with Fine Large Cities': Mapping the Landscapes of Deuteronomy -- City as Labyrinth: The Song of Songs and the Urban Uncanny -- Wasteland and Pastoral Idyll as Images of the Biblical City -- Urban Planning According to Ezekiel : The Shape of the Restored Jerusalem -- Section C: Literary and Exegetical Perspectives -- City Parody as a Literary Trope in Biblical Texts -- Contested Eponymy: Cain, Enoch, and the Cities of Genesis 1-11 -- 'Therefore We Will Not Fear'? The Psalms of Zion in Psychological Perspective -- Among the Ruins of a Walled City: Reflections on War and Peace in Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 -- Index of References -- Index of Authors |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0567678911 |