Thinking of Water in the Early Second Temple Period /

Thinking of Water in the Early Second Temple Period / / ed. by Ehud Ben Zvi, Christoph Levin.

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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 s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Anthonioz, Stéphanie,
Becking, Bob,
Ben Zvi, Ehud,
Berge, Kåre,
Edelman, Diana,
Jonker, Louis,
Juhás, Peter,
Kostamo, Sonya,
Landy, Francis,
Levin, Christoph,
Linville, James R.,
Morrow, William S.,
Müller, Reinhard,
Nissinen, Martti,
Nõmmik, Urmas,
Pakkala, Juha,
Sabo, Peter,
Stipp, Hermann-Josef,
Thomas, Samuel I.,
Wilson, Ian Douglas,
HerausgeberIn:
Ben Zvi, Ehud,
Levin, Christoph,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 461
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Physical Description:1 online resource (485 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Thinking of Water in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Judah: An Exploration
  • Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean
  • Water(s) of Abundance in the Ancient Near East and in Hebrew Bible Texts: A Sign of Kingship
  • The Nile in Biblical Memory
  • Polluted, Bitter, and Sweet Water as a Matter of Ethnic Identity-Formation in Persian Yehud
  • The Song of the Sea and Isaiah: Exodus 15 in Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse
  • Imagining Water: The Overflowing Stream in Isa 66:12
  • “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
  • Drought and Locust Plague in Joel 1–2
  • Coping with Drought and Famine in some Post-Exilic Texts
  • Adad’s Overflowing Scourge and the Weather God of Zion: Observations on Motif History in Isa 28:14–18
  • Thinking of Water in the Book of Job: A Fluvial Introduction to the Job Literature
  • Water in 1–2 Kings
  • Water Control and Royal Propaganda: Sennacherib’s Boast in 2 Kgs 19:24 (= Isa 37:25)
  • Manasseh in Paradise? The Influence of ANE Palace Garden Imagery in LXX 2 Chronicles 33:20
  • Dew in the Enochic Literature
  • Living Water by the Dead Sea: Some Water Metaphors in the Qumran Scrolls
  • The Fluid Boundaries of Life, the Universe and Yahweh
  • Drawing Out Moses: Water as a Personal Motif of the Biblical Character
  • Fluvial Fantasies
  • Author Index
  • Reference Index

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