Constructions of space V
Subtitle: place, space and identity in the ancient Mediterranean world
By: edited by Gert T.M. Prinsloo and Christl M. Maier
Contributors: Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World Program Unit (Society of Biblical Literature)
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 576; T & T Clark library of biblical studies; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 576.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780567255631; 9780567265968
Subjects: Bible; Altertum; Space perception in the Bible; Congresses; Space perception; Raum; Altes Testament; Identität; Ancient Cities and towns; Sacred space; Geography
Other titles: Constructions of space five; Constructions of space 5; Place, space and identity in the ancient Mediterranean world
Description: "This is a collection of papers given at SBL International Meetings 2009-2011, which investigate the inherent spatiality of human existence. The contributors discuss ancient Mediterranean texts and societies from a decidedly spatial perspective, debating over such issues as narratological space, critical spatiality, sociological theories on space, space and identity, space and body. The volume consists of three parts and commences with three studies focusing on theoretical approaches towards spatial analysis and application of the theory to specific Old and New Testament texts. The essays in the second part examine the sacred space and the formation of identity, with particular attention to Jerusalem and the temple seen as sacred space and the lived experience of authors describing this space in various ways. The third part discusses the spatial theory and its application to a variety of texts ranging from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the New Testament."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This fascinating collection investigates the inherent spatiality of human existence. The contributors discuss ancient Mediterranean texts and societies from a decidedly spatial perspective, debating over such issues as narratological space, critical spatiality, sociological theories on space, space and identity, space and body. The volume consists of three parts and commences with three studies focusing on theoretical approaches towards spatial analysis and application of the theory to specific Old and New Testament texts. The essays in the second part examine the sacred space and the formation of identity, with particular attention to Jerusalem and the temple seen as sacred space and the lived experience of authors describing this space in various ways. The third part discusses the spatial theory and its application to a variety of texts ranging from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the New Testament
Notes: "From 2009-2011 the 'Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World Program Unit' organized sessions at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meetings in Rome (2009), Tartu (2010) and London (2011)."--Page xi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and indexes.

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Translated from the English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Place, space and identity in the ancient Mediterrnean world  -- Christl M. Maier and Gert T.M. Prinsloo; title: Place, space and identity in the ancient Mediterranean world: theory and practice with reference to the book of Jonah  -- Gert T.M. Prinsloo; title: Fiction and space in Deuteronomy  -- Michaela Geiger; title: Critical spatial theory 2.0  -- Matthew Sleeman; title: The implied transcendence of physical and ideological borders and boundaries in Psalm 47  -- Jo-Marí Schäder; title: Jerusalem, the holy city: the meaning of the city of Jerusalem in the books of Ezra-Nehemiah  -- Maria Häusl; title: Whose mother? Whose space? : Jerusalem in Third Isaiah  -- Christl M. Maier; title: The meaing of the city of Jerusalem in the book of Tobit: an analysis of the Jerusalem hymn in Tobit 13:8-18  -- Johanna Rautenberg; title: From the walls of Uruk: reflections on space in the Gilgamesh Epic  -- Gerda de Villiers; title: Family as lived space: an interdisciplinary and intertextual reading of Genesis 34  -- Reineth (C.E.) Prinsloo and Gert T.M. Prinsloo; title: (Re- )siting space and identity of Gibeonites and Japanese Americans  -- Johnny Miles; title: Narrative space and the construction of meaning in the book of Joel  -- Mary Mills; title: Unfocused narrative space in Tobit 1:1-2:14  -- Ronald van der Bergh; title: From urban nightmares to dream cities: revealing the apocalyptic cityscape -- Carla Sulzbach.