Placing ancient texts : the ritual and rhetorical use of space / edited by Mika Ahuvia and Alexander Kocar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahuvia, Mika, 1983- editor.

Kocar, Alexander, 1984- editor.

Series:

Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 0721-8753 174.

Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 0721-8753 ; 174

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space--Religious aspects.

Space.

Rituals (Liturgical books).

Physical Description:

X, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Ritual and rhetorical use of space

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2018]

Summary:

"In this volume, scholars of Judaism, Christianity, and late antique religion demonstrate how special attention to the ritual and rhetorical functions of space can improve modern interpretations of ancient literary, liturgical, and ritual texts. Each chapter is concerned with reconstructing the dynamic interaction between space and text. Demonstrating the pliability of the idea of space, the contributions span from Second Temple debates over Eden to Byzantine Christian hymnography. In so doing, they offer a number of answers to the seemingly simple question: What difference does space make for how modern scholars interpret ancient texts?"--Dust jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Mika Ahuvia and Alexander Kocar

Part I: Constructing spaces and places. Placing Eden in Second temple Judaism / Eshbal Ratzon

Sabbath as city: rabbinic urbanism and imperial territoriality in Roman Palestine / Gil P. Klein

In situ: liturgical poetry and sacred space in Late Antiquity / Ophir Münz-Manor

Part II: Placing people. A hierarchy of salvation in the Book of Revelation: different peoples, dwellings, and tasks in the end times / Alexander Kocar

Directing the heart: corporeal language and the anatomy of ritual space / Rachel R. Neis

Beyond Eden: placing Adam, Eve, and humanity in Byzantine hymns / Derek Krueger

Part III: Re-placing ritual texts. 'It is Esrmpe who appeals!': place, object, and performance in a quest for pregnancy in Roman Egypt / David Frankfurter

'If you order that I wash my feet, then bring me this ticket': encountering Saint Colluthus at Antinoë / AnneMarie Luijendijk

The spatial and social dynamics of Jewish Babylonian incantation bowls / Mika Ahuvia.

Notes:

"This volume presents a selection of papers originally prepared for the Placing Ancient Texts conference at Princeton University in 2014."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783161563768

316156376X

OCLC:

1048301262