Thinking of water in the early Second Temple period / edited by Ehud Ben Zvi and Christoph Levin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben Zvi, Ehud, 1951- editor.

Levin, Christoph, 1950- editor.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Band 461.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Band 461

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Water.

Water in rabbinical literature.

Water--Paletine--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (502 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water is a vital resource and is widely acknowledged as such. Thus it often serves as an ideological and linguistic symbol that stands for and evokes concepts central within a community. This volume explores 'thinking of water' and concepts expressed through references to water within the symbolic system of the late Persian/early Hellenistic period and as it does so it sheds light on the social mindscape of the early Second Temple community.

Contents:

Front matter

Foreword

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction / Levin, Christoph

Thinking of Water in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Judah: An Exploration / Ben Zvi, Ehud

Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean / Nissinen, Martti

Water(s) of Abundance in the Ancient Near East and in Hebrew Bible Texts: A Sign of Kingship / Anthonioz, Stéphanie

The Nile in Biblical Memory / Edelman, Diana

Polluted, Bitter, and Sweet Water as a Matter of Ethnic Identity-Formation in Persian Yehud / Berge, Kåre

The Song of the Sea and Isaiah: Exodus 15 in Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse / Wilson, Ian Douglas

Imagining Water: The Overflowing Stream in Isa 66:12 / Kostamo, Sonya

"But into the Water You Must Not Dip It" (Jeremiah 13:1) - Methodological Reflections on How to Identify the Work of the Deuteronomistic Redaction in the Book of Jeremiah / Stipp, Hermann-Josef

Drought and Locust Plague in Joel 1-2 / Levin, Christoph

Coping with Drought and Famine in some Post-Exilic Texts / Becking, Bob

Adad's Overflowing Scourge and the Weather God of Zion: Observations on Motif History in Isa 28:14-18 / Müller, Reinhard

Thinking of Water in the Book of Job: A Fluvial Introduction to the Job Literature / Nõmmik, Urmas

Water in 1-2 Kings / Pakkala, Juha

Water Control and Royal Propaganda: Sennacherib's Boast in 2 Kgs 19:24 (= Isa 37:25) / Morrow, William S.

Manasseh in Paradise? The Influence of ANE Palace Garden Imagery in LXX 2 Chronicles 33:20 / Jonker, Louis

Dew in the Enochic Literature / Juhás, Peter

Living Water by the Dead Sea: Some Water Metaphors in the Qumran Scrolls / Thomas, Samuel I.

The Fluid Boundaries of Life, the Universe and Yahweh / Linville, James R.

Drawing Out Moses: Water as a Personal Motif of the Biblical Character / Sabo, Peter

Fluvial Fantasies / Landy, Francis

Author Index

Reference Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110386554

3110386550

9783110349665

3110349663

OCLC:

920716592