Space, land, territory, and the study of the Bible / by Stephen C. Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Stephen C.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives.

Brill research perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Space.

Land tenure--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Land tenure.

Boundaries--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Boundaries.

Bible. Kings, 1st, XXI, 1-16--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 64 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

In this brief volume, written for professional biblical scholars and graduate students being trained in Bible, Stephen C. Russell introduces the reader to the interdisciplinary study of space and its related concepts, including land, territory, border, frontier, nature, scale, spatial flows, and rhythm. He offers a synopsis of eight approaches to the study of space that have been influential in the humanities and social sciences in recent decades—sacred, legal, political, economic, ecological, visual, social, and urban approaches. He pays special attention to Henri Lefebvre’s treatment of social space as a social product. The volume also briefly notes some of the work being done by biblical scholars in conversation with spatial studies.

Contents:

Introduction: basic concepts in the study of space. Part 1. A map: influential approaches to the study of space ; Part 2. An overlay; important works on the Bible and space ; Part 3. An inset: Naboth's vineyard and the legal approach to space

Conclusion: interdisciplinary conversations about Space.

Notes:

Originally published as Volume 1(4) 2016, in Brill Research Perspectives in Biblical Interpretation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-64).

Contains:

Originally published as: Brill Research Perspectives in Biblical Interpretation. Volume 1, issue 4 2405-7649.

ISBN:

90-04-34020-3

OCLC:

962802908

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004340206 DOI