Memory and tradition in the book of Numbers
In Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers, Adriane Leveen offers a rereading of the fourth book of Moses. Leveen examines how the editors of Numbers created a narrative of the forty-year journey through the wilderness to control understanding of the past and influence attitudes in the future. T...
| Subtitles: | Memory & Tradition in the Book of Numbers |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2008.
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Numeri
/ Tradition
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Memory
Biblical teaching
B Memory ; Biblical teaching B Tradition (Judaism) B Bible ; Numbers ; Criticism, Redaction B Bible. Numbers Criticism, Redaction |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521878692 |
| Summary: | In Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers, Adriane Leveen offers a rereading of the fourth book of Moses. Leveen examines how the editors of Numbers created a narrative of the forty-year journey through the wilderness to control understanding of the past and influence attitudes in the future. The book explores politics, collective memory and the strategies used by its priestly editors to convince the children of Israel to accept priestly rule. Leveen considers the dynamics of the transmission of tradition, memory and values in an atmosphere of crisis as a generation witnessed its parents die in the wilderness yet chose to live in the promised land in fulfilment of God's vision. Desert bound -- Weaving by design -- Priestly purposes -- Variations on a theme : shaping memory in the wilderness -- Crisis and commemoration : the use of ritual objects -- Falling in the wilderness : politics of death and burial -- Inheriting the land |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511499124 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499128 |