Scared Space and Common Space
This chapter discusses sacred and common spaces in the ancient Near East (ANE), with particular attention to biblical Israel. It addresses temples and other sacred spaces in the ANE and the Hebrew Bible, including elements of form, function, and rhetoric, In examining sacred spaces in the Hebrew Bib...
| Published in: | The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship in the Hebrew Bible |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship in the Hebrew Bible
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| Summary: | This chapter discusses sacred and common spaces in the ancient Near East (ANE), with particular attention to biblical Israel. It addresses temples and other sacred spaces in the ANE and the Hebrew Bible, including elements of form, function, and rhetoric, In examining sacred spaces in the Hebrew Bible, it discusses altars, standing stones, the tabernacle, the temple, and other sacred spaces and traces the evolution of sacred spaces in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The chapter summarizes that for the three monotheistic religions, sacred space functions as the house of God’s people rather than for the deity. This conclusion is reflected in the architecture, for example, which has ample space and (sometimes) ample furniture to accommodate visitors, but not sacrifice, and little to suggest the care and feeding of a resident deity. |
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| ISBN: | 0190944935 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship in the Hebrew Bible
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222116.013.9 |