From Babylon to eternity
Subtitle: the exile remembered and constructed in text and tradition
By: Bob Becking ... [et al.].
Contributors: Becking, Bob.
Series: BibleWorld
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845533052; 9781845533069
Subjects: Jews -- History -- Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C. -- Biblical teaching; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Jews -- History -- Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C. -- Historiography; Exile (Punishment) -- Biblical teaching; Exile (Punishment) in rabbinical literature; Jewish diaspora -- Historiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The exile in historical (re)construction / Bob Becking; title: Balancing the scales : the construction of the exile as countertradition in the Bible / Anne Mareike Wetter; title: The exile of God : the Galut in Jewish construction / Wilfred van der Poll; title: From Babylon to eternity : appropriation of the Babylon-motif in Christian homiletical constructions / Alex Cannegeiter.