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Interpreting exile : displacement and deportation in biblical and modern contexts / edited by Brad Kelle, Frank R. Ames, and Jacob L. Wright ; foreword by Rainer Albertz.
Van Pelt Library BS1199.B3 I58 2011
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1199.B3 I58 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 10.
- Society of Biblical Literature. Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598 B.C.-515 B.C.
- Jews.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Exile (Punishment) in literature.
- Exiles--History.
- Exiles.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011]
- Summary:
- Arising from ongoing discussions in the Society's Warfare in Ancient Israel Section, 23 essays explore the exile of ancient Israel and Judah, about 586-539 BCE, in light of modern experiences with and ideas about exile. The topics include the deportation of Jerusalem's wealth and the demise of native sovereignty in the Book of Kings, lost space and revived memory from Jerusalem in 586 BCE to New Orleans in 2009, toward a social-psychological exegesis of exile and war in biblical texts hypermasculinity and feminization in the Book of Ezekiel, and the American myth and the spectral Christ. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- An interdisciplinary approach to the exile / Brad E. Kelle
- An anthropological model for the investigation of the archaeology of refugees in Iron Age Judah and its environs / Aaron A. Burke
- Shedding new light on the dark years of the "exilic period" : new studies, further elucidation, and some questions regarding the archaeology of Judah as an "empty land" / Oded Lipschits
- Deportation and demography in sixth-century B.C.E. Judah / Abraham Faust
- The deportation of Jerusalem's wealth and the demise of native sovereignty in the book of Kings / Jacob L. Wright
- Assyrian representations of booty and tribute as a self-portrayal of empire / Marian H. Feldman
- A fragmented history of the exile / Bob Becking
- The cascading effects of exile / Frank R. Ames
- Lost space and revived memory / Christl M. Maier
- Rebuilding that wicked city / Michael M. Homan
- Imagining hope and redemption / M. Jan Holton
- The impact of war on children / Hugo Kamuya
- Reading war and trauma / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
- Deuteronomy 7 in postcolonial perspective / William Morrow
- Reading into the gap / David M. Carr
- A vocabulary of trauma in the exilic writings / David G. Garber
- Reversing fortune / Janet L. Rumfelt
- The prose and poetry of exile / Samuel E. Balentine
- Sites of conflict / Carolyn J. Sharp
- The emasculation of exile / T.M. Lemos
- Daughter Zion as homo sacer / Amy Meverden
- Exiling in America / Shelly Rambo
- "There was no place for Cholly's eyes to go" / Nghana Lewis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1589836049
- 9781589836044
- 9781589836051
- 1589836057
- OCLC:
- 754186852
- Publisher Number:
- 99948302840
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